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Zusatztext 'In my opinion Dr Oppenheimer has combined the original work with new material to produce a superb book which is a pleasure to read and at a modest price it should be on the book list of everyone interested in volcanology' Informationen zum Autor The late Dr Peter Francis was Professor of Volcanology in the Department of Earth sciences at the Open University. Dr Clive Oppenheimer is a University Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge. Klappentext A new edition of Peter Francis's highly respected text, reflecting new research findings and new eruptions. Preserving the immense clarity and engaging humour of the first edition including a new chapter on hazards and risk mitigation. Zusammenfassung A new edition of Peter Francis's highly respected text, reflecting new research findings and new eruptions. Preserving the immense clarity and engaging humour of the first edition including a new chapter on hazards and risk mitigation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The Basics: isotopes and green cheese 2: Keeping planets cool: volcanoes, hot-spots, and plate tectonics 3: Four classic eruptions 4: Magma - the hot stuff 5: Types of volcanic activity 6: Lava Flows 7: Pyroclastic eruptions: bubbles, bangs, columns, and currents 8: What goes up must come down: pyroclastic fall deposits 9: Pyroclastic currents from collapsing domes and transient eruptions 10: Pyroclastic currents and ignimbrites associated with plinian eruptions 11: Super-eruptions, super-volcanoes and calderas 12: Debris avalanches and flows: magic carpets and muck 13: Volcanoes as landscape forms 14: Submarine volcanism 15: Extraterrestrial volcanoes 16: Eruptions and climate 17: Volcano monitoring 18: Reducing volcanic risks
