Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis (Record no. 294100)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780340942413
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 551.2 ROT-V .ES
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name David A Rothery
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. McGraw-Hill
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2007
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent viii, 296 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 20 cm.
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Teach yourself books (Lincolnwood, Ill.)
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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 -- [12.] Taking it further. Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Tsunamis.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Volcanoes. Earthquakes. Tsunamis.
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 01/09/2015 1 1 551.2 ROT-V .ES DCB708 18/11/2020 14/10/2020 19/07/2019 Book