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Genre/Form: | Electronic book Electronic books Encyclopedias |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Encyclopedia of volcanoes. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/AP, Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, 2015 (DLC) 2015933059 (OCoLC)923263637 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Haraldur Sigurdsson; B F Houghton |
ISBN: | 9780123859396 0123859395 9781785396939 1785396935 |
OCLC Number: | 904547525 |
Notes: | "First edition 1999"--Title page verso. |
Awards: | Winner of 2016 PROSE Awards - Honorable Mention, Earth Science: Association of American Publishers 2016 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 1421 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) |
Contents: | Origin and transport of magma -- Eruptions -- Effusive volcanism -- Explosive volcanism -- Extraterrestrial volcanism -- Volcanic interactions -- Volcanic hazards -- Eruption response and mitigation -- Economic benefits and cultural aspects of volcanism. |
Other Titles: | Volcanoes |
Responsibility: | editor-in-chief, Haraldur Sigurdsson (Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, USA) ; associate editors, Bruce F. Houghton (National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, University of Hawaiʻi, Honolulu, HI, USA) [and 3 others]. |
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"There are many figures, tables, photographs, and charts, many of them in color in this well-produced second edition...I would recommend this volume to anyone interested in volcanoes and their activity." --The Leading Edge "...provides an in-depth and scientific overview of volcanoes including how they are formed and monitored, but it also examines such unique topics as volcanoes in art and volcano tourism...the most comprehensive referenced book on volcanism that I've ever come across." --Tundraco Read more...


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