Bibliograph

Volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis, a complete introduction, David A. Rothery

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Volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis, a complete introduction, David A. Rothery

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-279) and index

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

David A. Rothery

Series statement

Teach yourself

Sub title

a complete introduction

Summary

A comprehensive guide to volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis that discusses how the Earth moves, eruptions, types of volcanoes, hazards, climate, how they are monitored, tectonics, warning systems, and more

Table Of Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. How the Earth moves. Magma, minerals and rocks -- Compositional layering of the Earth's interior -- Mechanical layering of the Earth's interior -- Plate tectonics, earthquakes and magma generation -- Volcanoes and plate boundaries -- Partial melting -- 3. Eruptions. Magma migration and magma rise -- How rising magma evolves -- Volcano plumbing -- Eruptions -- Eruption triggers -- The sizes of eruptions -- Eruption frequency and duration -- Non-erupting volcanoes -- 4. Types of volcano. Composite cone volcanoes -- Shield volcanoes -- Flood basalts -- Monogenetic features -- Calderas -- Subglacial volcanoes -- Undersea volcanoes -- 5. Volcanic hazards. Lava flows -- Pyroclastic flows -- Airfall -- Eruption clouds and air traffic -- Debris avalanches -- Volcanogenic tsunamis -- Lahars -- Jokulhlaups -- Gases and air pollution -- 6. Volcanoes and climate. Recent volcanic climate disturbances -- Volcanoes and human history -- Toba -- Supervolcanoes -- Continental flood basalts and mass extinctions -- 7. Monitoring volcanoes. Volcano observatories -- Seismic monitoring -- Ground deformation -- Microgravity monitoring -- Magnetic and electric monitoring -- Infrasound -- Lahar warnings -- Gas analyses -- Thermal monitoring -- Remote sensing -- 8. Living with volcanoes. Why live near a volcano? -- Benefits of volcanoes -- Volcanic hazards and volcanic risk -- Warnings and crisis management -- Getting it right -- Disasters in the making? -- 9. Tectonic earthquakes. Faults and earthquakes -- Focus, epicentre and seismic waves -- Measuring earthquakes -- Global seismic monitoring -- Prediction and warning -- Preventing earthquakes? -- 10. Living with earthquakes. Notable earthquakes -- Fatalities from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions compared -- Earthquake proofing -- Earthquake preparedness -- 11. Tsunamis. What is a tsunami? -- Seismogenic tsunamis -- Historic seismogenic tsunamis -- Tsunami warning systems -- Tsunami risk mitigation -- Landslide tsunamis -- Impact tsunamis

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