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Volcanoes of the World : Third Edition.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Siebert, Lee
Otros Autores: Simkin, Tom, Kimberly, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 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 StopUncertainties; 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; Large-Volume Holocene Eruptions; Explosive Eruptions; Effusive Eruptions; Fatalities and Evacuations; Fatalities; Evacuations; Preliminary List Of Pleistocene Volcanoes.
  • Preliminary List Of Large-Volume Pleistocene EruptionsColor Photo Section; Gazetteer; References.