Monitoring Active Volcanoes - Strategies, Procedures and Techniques

Originally published in 1995, Monitoring Active Volcanoes is a comprehensive text which addresses the importance of volcano surveillance in the context of forecasting eruptive activity and mitigating its effects.

List of contents

1. Monitoring Active Volcanoes - An Introduction 2. Data Acquisition and Telemetry 3. Seismic Monitoring at Active Volcanoes 4. Real-Time Ground Deformation Monitoring 5. Ground Deformation Surveying of Active Volcanoes 6. GPS - Monitoring Volcanic Deformation from Space 7. Infrared Thermal Monitoring 8. Microgravity Monitoring 9. Geoelectrical Methods in Volcano Monitoring 10. Geomagnetic Surveying Methods 11. Remote Sensing Spectroscopy of Volcanic Plumes and Clouds 12. Monitoring Fluids and Gases at Active Volcanoes 13. Forecasting the Behaviour of Lava Flows 14. The Role of Monitoring in Forecasting Volcanic Events 15. Prospects for Volcano Surveillance.

About the author

Christopher R. J. Kilburn is Professor of Volcanology and Geophysical Hazards at University College London. Bill McGuire is Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences at UCL. John Murray is a volcanologist best known for his work on Mt Etna and other active volcanoes. He was educated at Magdalene College Cambridge, and is presently based at the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystems, Open University, UK.

Summary

Originally published in 1995, Monitoring Active Volcanoes is a comprehensive text which addresses the importance of volcano surveillance in the context of forecasting eruptive activity and mitigating its effects.

Product details

• Authors: Bill Kilburn Mcguire
• Assisted by: Christopher R. J. Kilburn (Editor), Bill McGuire (Editor), JOHN MURRAY (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032354842
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3235484-2
• No. of pages: 430
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Geophysics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism, Geological surface processes (geomorphology), Physical geography & topography, Natural disasters, Volcanology & seismology, Physical geography and topography, Volcanology and seismology, Geomorphology and geological surface processes