Volcanoes

The impact of volcanic eruptions on the Earth's environment has been the source of many a debate and the cause of extensive research activities by leading academics worldwide. The new edition of Peter Francis's Volcanoes preserves the particular strengths of the orignal in its accessibility, immense clarity, engaging humour and excellent illustrations. The book updates the original by reflecting on new research findings and new eruptions (such as that on Montserrat) as well as including a new chapter on volcanic hazards, which looks at the complex and scientific and sociological issues surrounding risk mitigation. In updating the planetary perspective of the book new co-author Clive Oppenheimer provides us with an insight into studies of Mars and Jupiter. The book is designed primarily for undergraduate students across a range of disciplines including geology, Earth sciences, geography, environmental sciences and planetary sciences, yet, is an equally valuable source for volcanologists, senior scientists in other disciplines and scientifically-trained volcano enthusiasts. Companion Web Site All the figures from the book will be available to download free from the companion web site.

ISBN 0199254699   Pages 534 ISBN13 9780199254699 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 1167 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780140218978 Publication date 04 Dec 2003   Height (mm) 243 Library of Congress QE522 \.F7   Width (mm) 188 DEWEY 551.21   Spine width (mm) 29 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education

1		The basics: isotopes and green cheese		1
2		Keeping planets cool: volcanoes, hotspots, and plate tectonics		17
3		Four classic eruptions		53
4		Magma - the hot stuff		93
5		Types of volcanic activity		107
6		Lava flows		137
7		Pyroclastic eruptions: bubbles, bangs, columns, and currents		169
8		What goes up must come down: pyroclastic fall deposits		193
9		Pyroclastic currents from collapsing domes and transient eruptions		219
10		Pyroclastic currents and ignimbrites associated with plinian eruptions		245
11		Super-eruptions, super-volcanoes and calderas		263
12		Debris avalanches and flows: magic carpets and muck		293
13		Volcanoes as landscape forms		323
14		Submarine volcanism		355
15		Extraterrestrial volcanoes		375
16		Eruptions and climate		417
17		Volcano monitoring		445
18		Reducing volcanic risks		481
		Index		515

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