.

0 (hodnocen0 x )

EB

ONLINE

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011

1 online resource (xvi, 392 p.) : ill., maps

ISBN 9781139113946 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780521641128 (hardback)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Fire and brimstone: how volcanoes work; 2. Eruption styles, hazards and ecosystem impacts; 3. Volcanoes and global climate change; 4. Forensic volcanology; 5. Relics, myths and chronicles; 6. Killer plumes; 7. Human origins; 8. The ash-giant/sulphur-dwarf; 9. European volcanism in prehistory; 10. The rise of Teotihuacan; 11. Dark Ages: dark nature?; 12. The Haze famine; 13. The last great subsistence crisis in the western world; 14. Volcanic catastrophe risk; Appendix A. Volcano trumps: notable eruptions of the past 10,000 years; Appendix B. Further reading; Index.

"Fire & brimstone: how volcanoes work ’Some volcanos are in a state of incessant eruption; some, on the contrary, remain for centuries in a condition of total outward inertness, and return again to the same state of apparent extinction after a single vivid eruption of short duration; while others exhibit an infinite variety of phases intermediate between the extreme of vivacity and sluggishness.’ [1RFA-001] The Earth is cooling down! This has nothing to do with contemporary global warming of the atmosphere and surface. I refer instead to the Earth’s interior - the source of the molten rocks erupted by volcanoes throughout the planet’s 4.567 billion year history"-- Provided by publisher..

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

001733191

full

(Au-PeEL)EBL775113

(CaONFJC)MIL329542

(CaPaEBR)ebr10502771

(MiAaPQ)EBC775113

(OCoLC)769341820