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2nd Edition. Academic Press Elsevier,2015 — 514 p. — ISBN-10: 0123859387 Editors: Haraldur Sigurdsson,Bruce Houghton,Steve McNutt,Hazel Rymer,John Stix This 2nd fully revised and updated edition provides a comprehensive source of information on the multidisciplinary influences of volcanic eruptions--both destructive and beneficial. Volcanoes are unquestionably one of the most spectacular and awe-inspiring features of the physical world. Our paradoxical fascination with them stems from their majestic beauty and powerful, sometimes deadly, destructiveness. Notwithstanding the tremendous advances in volcanology since ancient times, some of the mystery surrounding volcanic eruptions remains today. The Encyclopedia of Volcanoes summarizes our present knowledge of volcanoes; it provides a comprehensive source of information on the causes of volcanic eruptions and both the destructive and beneficial effects. The early chapters focus on the science of volcanism (melting of source rocks, ascent of magma, eruption processes, extraterrestrial volcanism, etc.). Later chapters discuss human interface with volcanoes, including the history of volcanology, geothermal energy resources, interaction
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- Author
- Sigurdsson H.(Ed.)
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Geology, Stem
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