Volcanic hazards and disasters in human antiquity / edited by Floyd W. McCoy and Grant Heiken.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCoy, Floyd (Floyd W.)

Heiken, Grant.

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 345.

Special paper ; 345

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Volcanism--History.

Volcanism.

Human beings--Effect of volcanic eruptions on.

Human beings.

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 99 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2000.

Contents:

Volcanic hazards from pyroclastic flow discharge into the sea: Examples from the 1883 eruption of Krakatau, Indonesia / S. Carey . . . [et al.]

The socioeconomic consequences of the A.D. 1600 eruption of Huaynaputina, southern Peru / S. de Silva, J. Alzueta, and G. Salas

The most recent eruptions of Hualālai volcano, Hawaií: geological evidence from the historical record / J. Kauahikaua and B. Camara

Prehistoric "settlement crisis," environmental changes in the British Isles, and volcanic eruptions in Iceland: an exploration of plausible linkages / J.P. Grattan and D.D. Gilbertson

The Late-Bronze age explosive eruption of Thera (Santorini), Greece: regional and local effects / F.W. McCoy and G. Heiken

Volcanic winter in the Garden of Eden: the Toba supereruption and the late Pleistocene human population crash / M.R. Rampino and S.H. Ambrose

Volcanism, tectonism, sedimentation, and the paleoanthropological record in the Ethiopian Rift System / G. WoldeGabriel . . . [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0813723450

OCLC:

43227634