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Zusatztext "This book is the book to have if volcanoes are your thing. . . . A useful addition in any scientific library." Informationen zum Autor Lee Siebert and Paul Kimberly are volcanologists affiliated with the Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Program; Siebert is the GVP’s Director. Tom Simkin (1933–2009), served as GVP founder and director from 1968–1995 in a distinguished career in volcanology that spanned more than four decades. Klappentext " Volcanoes of the World compiles and lists all of earth's eruptions into one primary scientific source. It is a fundamental research tool and the last word on many issues. There is nothing else like it."—William I. Rose, Michigan Technological University " Volcanoes of the World stands alone. To my knowledge (as a practicing volcanologist for more than 4 decades), there are no competing works in the scientific literature comparable in purpose, scope, and scholarship."—Robert Tilling, Volcano Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey Zusammenfassung This impressive scientific resource presents up-to-date information on ten thousand years of volcanic activity on Earth. In the decade and a half since the previous edition was published new studies have refined assessments of the ages of many volcanoes, and several thousand new eruptions have been documented. This edition updates the book’s key components: a directory of volcanoes active during the Holocene; a chronology of eruptions over the past ten thousand years; a gazetteer of volcano names, synonyms, and subsidiary features; an extensive list of references; and an introduction placing these data in context. This edition also includes new photographs, data on the most common rock types forming each volcano, information on population densities near volcanoes, and other features, making it the most comprehensive source available on Earth’s dynamic volcanism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface DATA CRITERIA AND CONTEXT INTRODUCTION Previous Summaries Sources Years Covered Maps and Regional Numbering Scheme DATA TABLE SUMMARIES Directory Chronology Large-Volume Holocene Eruptions Fatalities and Evacuations Preliminary List of Pleistocene Volcanoes Preliminary List of Large-Volume Pleistocene Eruptions Gazetteer References VOLCANO DATA Volcano Name Subregion Latitude and Longitude Elevation Population Rock Type Type (Morphology) Volcano Number Status ERUPTION DATA Area of Activity Dates: Start and Stop Uncertainties Dating Techniques Duration Eruptive Characteristics Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) Volume of Products (Vol L/T) HISTORICAL RECORD: TRENDS AND CAUTIONS Volcanoes and Humans Volcanoes and Aircraft Volcanic Processes Volcanism: Magnitude, Frequency, and Global Impacts Durations and Paroyxyms Episodicity and Periodicity Intervals between Eruptions and Associated Hazard Implications Conclusions References DIRECTORY OF VOLCANOES Europe to Caucasus (01) Africa & Red Sea (02) Middle East & Indian Ocean (03) New Zealand to Fiji (04) Melanesia & Australia (05) Indonesia & Andaman Is (06) Philippines & SE Asia (07) Japan, Taiwan & Marianas (08) Kuriles, Kamchatka & Mainland Asia (09 &10) Alaska (11) Canada & Western USA (12) Pacific Ocean (13) México & Central America (14) South America (15) West Indies (16) Iceland & Arctic Ocean (17) Atlantic Ocean (18) Antarctica & S Sandwich Islands (19) CHRONOLOGY OF ERUPTIONS
