Volcanoes Of Europe

Author : Dougal Jerram
Publisher : Dunedin Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9781780460543
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Volcanoes of Europe written by Dougal Jerram and published by Dunedin Academic Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volcanoes of Europe offer dramatic landscapes, intriguing geological and geographical characteristics, and compelling histories of their interaction with those who have chosen to live on and near them. This new colour illustrated edition presents a wealth of up-to-date material in a comprehensive and thoroughly researched introduction.

Author : Christopher R. J. Kilburn
Publisher : Terra Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italian Volcanoes written by Christopher R. J. Kilburn and published by Terra Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly illustrated with maps and photographs, this guide is ideal for all geologists, amateur and professional, and also for visitors to Italy who have been captivated by some of the world's most spectacular volcanoes.

Author : David McCallam
Publisher : Oxford University Studies in t
ISBN 13 : 9781786942296
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Volcanoes in Eighteenth-Century Europe written by David McCallam and published by Oxford University Studies in t. This book was released on 2019 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the explosive history of volcanoes and volcanic thought in eighteenth-century Europe, arguing that the topic of the volcano informed almost all areas of human enquiry and endeavour at the time. Encountered on the Grand Tour, sought out by scientific explorers or endured by local populations in southern Italy and Iceland, erupting volcanoes were a physical reality for many Europeans in the eighteenth-century. For many others, they represented the very image of overwhelming natural power, whether this was ultimately attributed to spiritual or material causes. As such, the volcano proved an effective and versatile 'tool for thinking' in a century which ushered in modernity on several fronts: continental tourism, new earth sciences, the sublime and picturesque in art, industrial and political revolution, the conception of the modern nation-state, and early intimations of environmental and climate change. But the volcano also gives us, in the twenty-first century, a privileged site (as both topography and topos) at which we can reconnect disparate and divided fields of research across the sciences and the humanities. Drawing on a rich variety of multi-lingual primary sources and the latest critical thinking, this study combines material and symbolic readings of eighteenth-century volcanism, constantly shifting frameworks, so as to consider this topical object through different disciplinary perspectives. The volcano is clearly transnational; this research also demonstrates how it is fundamentally transdisciplinary.

Author : David McCallam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781789625226
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Volcanoes in Eighteenth-century Europe written by David McCallam and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karoly Nemeth
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9535126229
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Updates in Volcanology written by Karoly Nemeth and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updates in Volcanology - From Volcano Modeling to Volcano Geology is a new book that is based on book chapters offered by various authors to provide a snapshot of current trends in volcanological researches. Following a short Introduction, the book consists of three sections, namely, ''Understanding the Volcano System from Petrology, Geophysics to Large Scale Experiments,'' ''Volcanic Eruptions and Their Impact to the Environment,' and ''Volcanism in the Geological Record.'' These sections collect a total of 13 book chapters demonstrating clearly the research activity in volcanology from geophysical aspects of volcanic systems to their geological framework. Each chapter provides a comprehensive summary of their subject's current research directions. This book hence can equally be useful for students and researchers.

Author : Alexandra Witze
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781252666
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Island on Fire written by Alexandra Witze and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laki is Iceland's largest volcano. Its eruption in 1783 is one of history's great, untold natural disasters. Spewing out sun-blocking ash and then a poisonous fog for eight long months, the effects of the eruption lingered across the world for years. It caused the deaths of people as far away as the Nile and created catastrophic conditions throughout Europe.Island on Fire is the story not only of a single eruption but the people whose lives it changed, the dawn of modern volcanology, as well as the history and potential of other super-volcanoes like Laki around the world. And perhaps most pertinently, in the wake of the eruption of another Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, which closed European air space in 2010, acclaimed science writers Witze and Kanipe look at what might transpire should Laki erupt again in our lifetime.

Author : Patricia Erfurt-Cooper
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 364216191X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Volcanic Tourist Destinations written by Patricia Erfurt-Cooper and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-08-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book addresses the pressing need for up-to-date literature on volcanic destinations (active and dormant) and their role in tourism worldwide in chapters and case studies. The book presents a balanced view about the volcano-based tourism sector worldwide and discusses important issues such as the different volcanic hazards, potential for disasters and accidents and safety recommendations for visitors. Individual chapters and case studies are contributed by a number of internationally based co-authors, with expertise in geology, risk management, environmental science and other relevant disciplines associated with volcanoes. Also covered are risk aspects of volcano tourism such as risk perception, risk management and public safety in volcanic environments. Discussions of the demand for volcano tourism, including geotourism and adventure tourism as well as some historical facts related to volcanoes, with case studies of interesting socio-cultural settings are included.

Author : Kathy Furgang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781282210196
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Mount Vesuvius written by Kathy Furgang and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ólafur Arnalds
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540487115
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soils of Volcanic Regions in Europe written by Ólafur Arnalds and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compiles information gained by an EU research network over six years of research on European volcanic soils. It gives comprehensive coverage of soils in volcanic regions within Europe, dealing with most aspects of modern day soil science. New methodology is introduced and the synthesis of the research casts a new light on soils with andic soil properties.

Author : Paolo Papale
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0123964768
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Volcanic Hazards, Risks and Disasters written by Paolo Papale and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volcanic Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides you with the latest scientific developments in volcano and volcanic research, including causality, impacts, preparedness, risk analysis, planning, response, recovery, and the economics of loss and remediation. It takes a geoscientific approach to the topic while integrating the social and economic issues related to volcanoes and volcanic hazards and disasters. Throughout the book case studies are presented of historically relevant volcanic and seismic hazards and disasters as well as recent catastrophes, such as Chile’s Puyehue volcano eruption in June 2011. Puts the expertise of top volcanologists, seismologists, geologists, and geophysicists selected by a world-renowned editorial board at your fingertips Presents you with the latest research—including case studies of prominent volcanoes and volcanic hazards and disasters—on causality, economic impacts, fatality rates, and earthquake preparedness and mitigation Numerous tables, maps, diagrams, illustrations, photographs, and video captures of hazardous processes support you in grasping key concepts