Robin Lacassin<p>I am totally astounded by what I read when I compare these two texts: Maria Graham's description of the coastal <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/uplift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uplift</span></a> due to the 1822 <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Valparaiso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Valparaiso</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthquake</span></a>, versus Charles Darwin's text on very similar phenomena related to the 1835 <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Concepci%C3%B3n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Concepción</span></a> earthquake.</p><p>Read carefully, paying attention to the expressions used. It's like if <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Darwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darwin</span></a> borrowed Maria Graham's words, but also her interpretation about the accumulation of earthquakes raising the coast on the long term. 🤔 <br>Any comment ?</p><p>Both 1822 and 1835 earthquakes happened in Central <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chile</span></a> on the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/subduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subduction</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/megathrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>megathrust</span></a> between Nazca and South America <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/tectonic_plates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tectonic_plates</span></a>. Darwin's description, based on Fitz Roy (Beagle's captain) observations, is considered as seminal.</p><p>Thanks <span class="h-card"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@haq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>haq</span></a></span> for pointing me to the work by Maria Graham.</p>