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Volcanologists / by Martha London ; content consultant, Thomas Giachetti.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- London, Martha.
- Series:
- Science Adventurers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Volcanologists--Juvenile literature.
- Volcanologists.
- Geophysics--Juvenile literature.
- Geophysics.
- Scientists--Juvenile literature.
- Scientists.
- Discoveries in geography--Juvenile literature.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Adventure and adventurers--Juvenile literature.
- Adventure and adventurers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (112 pages) : color illustrations, map.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Abdo Publishing, [2020]
- Summary:
- This book takes a look at the scientists who explore Earth's hot spots, learn more about how volcanoes work, and try to save lives by improving predictions of when volcanoes will erupt. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
- Contents:
- chapter 1. Life in a lava lake
- chapter 2. Decades of data
- chapter 3. Supervolcanoes
- chapter 4. What makes a volcano explode?
- chapter 5. The Ring of Fire
- chapter 6. Volcanoes and oceans
- chapter 7. Predicting eruptions
- chapter 8. Eruptions and earth's climate.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781532175183
- 1532175183
- OCLC:
- 1135829675
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