Volcano /
"For years, tourists have trekked across cracked rock at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano to witness the awe-inspiring sight of creeping lava and its devastating effects on the landscape. In 2010, Eyjafjallajökull erupted in Iceland, stranding travellers as a cloud of ash covered western and nort...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, UK :
Reaktion Books,
©2012.
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Colección: | Earth series (Reaktion Books (Firm))
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 'The whole sea boiled and blazed'
- The geography, science, and allure of volcanoes
- 'A horrid illumination of fire'
- Sir William Hamilton and the lure of Vesuvius
- The first days of Graham Island and the last days of Pompeii
- Krakatoa shakes the world
- 'The night had vanished' : vorticism and the volcano
- The shifting furnace
- Eruption timeline.