Out of the Crater: Chronicles of a VolcanologistPrinceton University Press, 17 de set. 2000 - 180 pàgines Volcanologists venture to treacherous volcanoes the world over in the pursuit of their science. They work around craters of boiling magma and amidst smoke, flames, scorched rocks, and clouds of noxious gases--balancing personal risk against advancing knowledge about one of nature's most dangerous and unpredictable forces. Richard Fisher, a world-renowned volcanologist, has had more than forty years of experience in the field. In this book, he blends autobiography with clear, accessible science to introduce readers to the basics of volcanology and to the wonders of volcanoes that he has studied and learned to both fear and admire. |
Continguts
Los Alamos New Mexico | 8 |
Bikini and the Atom Bomb | 13 |
The Beginnings of a Career | 22 |
Central Oregon Tuff Fossils and Lava | 28 |
Puu Hou Hawaii Solitary Isolation | 35 |
Volcanoes and Water | 46 |
Mount Pelée Martinique | 62 |
Soufrière St Vincent | 69 |
Mount Vesuvius | 104 |
El Chichón Southern Mexico | 115 |
Calderas | 126 |
Communist China | 137 |
Italy and Ignimbrite | 156 |
Epilogue | 170 |
Glossary | 173 |
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