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Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis
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.
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McGraw-Hill
2007
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| Series: | Teach yourself books (Lincolnwood, Ill.)
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Table of Contents:
- 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.