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Alien volcanoes

Author: Rosaly M C Lopes; Michael W Carroll
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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"With Alien Volcanoes, Rosaly M. C. Lopes and Michael W. Carroll offer a dynamic tour of volcanic activity across the solar system. Through eight gracefully written chapters laced with gripping photographs and stunning artwork, Lopes and Carroll survey the complete spectrum of volcanism in time and location, from the solar system's origin to the modern era and from the familiar shield volcanoes of the terrestrial  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Rosaly M C Lopes; Michael W Carroll
ISBN: 9780801886737 0801886732
OCLC Number: 163593899
Description: xv, 150 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents: Volcanoes in history --
Volcanic personalities --
Earthlike worlds --
Volcanoes on dead worlds --
A visit to Dante's inferno --
Cryovolcanism in the outer solar system: Europa, Ganymede, and Titan --
Smoking guns Triton and Enceladus --
Space, volcanoes and culture.
Responsibility: Rosaly M.C. Lopes and Michael W. Carroll ; with illustrations by Michael W. Carroll ; foreword by Arthur C. Clarke.
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At once terrifyingly destructive and awe-inspiringly beautiful, volcanoes have long fascinated humankind. Yet our understanding of volcanoes on Earth - and throughout the celestial world - remains  Read more...

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This is an attractive coffee-table book that serves as an ideal taster for all budding volcanologists with an appreciation for the exotic, and is also a great conversation point for everyone else. Read more...

 
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