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The encyclopedia of volcanoes / editor-in-chief, Haraldur Sigurdsson, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, USA ; associate editors, Bruce Houghton, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, University of Hawaiʻi, Honolulu, HI, USA ; Stephen R. McNutt, School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, Hazel Rymer, Faculty of Science, the Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK, John Stix, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Volcanoes--Encyclopedias.
- Volcanoes.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 1421 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- Volcanoes
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Academic Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Volcanoes are unquestionably one of the most spectacular and awe-inspiring features of the physical world. Our paradoxical fascination with them stems from their majestic beauty and powerful, sometimes deadly, destructiveness. Notwithstanding the tremendous advances in volcanology since ancient times, some of the mystery surrounding volcanic eruptions remains today. The Encyclopedia of Volcanoes summarizes our present knowledge of volcanoes; it provides a comprehensive source of information on the causes of volcanic eruptions and both the destructive and beneficial effects. The early chapters
- Contents:
- Part I. Origin and transport of magma
- Part II. Eruptions
- Part III. Effusive volcanism
- Part IV. Explosive volcanism
- Part V. Extraterrestrial volcanism
- Part VI. Volcanic interactions
- Part VII. Volcanic hazards
- Part VIII. Eruption response and mitigation
- Part IX. Economic benefits and cultural aspects of volcanism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 20, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9780123859396
- 0123859395
- OCLC:
- 906182298
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