Volcanoes of the world.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Siebert, Lee.

Contributor:

Simkin, Tom.

Kimberly, Paul.

Smithsonian Institution. Global Volcanism Program.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Volcanoes.

Volcanism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (564 p.)

Updated irregularly

Edition:

3rd ed. / Lee Siebert, Tom Simkin, and Paul Kimberly.

Continued By:

Global Volcanism Program

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution ; Berkeley ; University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This impressive scientific resource presents up-to-date information on ten thousand years of volcanic activity on Earth. In the decade and a half since the previous edition was published new studies have refined assessments of the ages of many volcanoes, and several thousand new eruptions have been documented. This edition updates the book's key components: a directory of volcanoes active during the Holocene; a chronology of eruptions over the past ten thousand years; a gazetteer of volcano names, synonyms, and subsidiary features; an extensive list of references; and an introduction placing these data in context. This edition also includes new photographs, data on the most common rock types forming each volcano, information on population densities near volcanoes, and other features, making it the most comprehensive source available on Earth's dynamic volcanism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Data Criteria and Context

Directory of Volcanoes

Chronology of Eruptions

Large-Volume Holocene Eruptions

Fatalities and Evacuations

Preliminary List of Pleistocene Volcanoes

Preliminary List of Large-Volume Pleistocene Eruptions

Gazetteer

References

Notes:

First ed. entered under title: Volcanoes of the world : a regional directory, gazetteer, and chronology of volcanism during the last 10,000 years / Tom Simkin ... [et al.]. Stroudsburg, Pa. : Hutchison Ross. c1981.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [480]-551).

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ISBN:

9780520947931

0520947932

OCLC:

780425993