TY  - BOOK
AU  - Francis,Peter
AU  - Oppenheimer,Clive
ED  - Oxford University Press.
TI  - Volcanoes
SN  - 0199254699
AV  - QE522 .F73 2004
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Volcanoes
KW  - Planetary volcanoes
N1  - Rev. edition of: Volcanoes : a planetary perspective/ Peter Francis. c1993; Includes bibliographical references and index; -- The basics: Isotopes and green cheese; -- Keeping planets cool: volcanoes, hotspots, and plate tectonics; -- Four classic eruptions; -- Magma-the hot stuff; -- Types of volcanic activity; -- Lava flows; -- Pyroclastic eruptions: bubbles, bangs, columns, and currents; -- What goes up must come down: pyroclastic fall deposits; -- Pyroclastic Currents and ignimbrites associated with plinian eruptions; -- Super-eruptions, super-volcanoes and calderas; -- Debris avalanches and flows: magic carpets and muck; -- Volcanoes as landscape forms; -- Submarine volcanism; -- Extraterrestial volcanoes --Eruptions and climate; -- Volcano monitoring; -- Reducing volcanic risks
N2  - "The book is designed primarily for undergraduate students across a range of disciplines including geology, earth sciences, geography, environmental sciences, and planetary sciences. It is an equally valuable source for volcanologists, senior scientists in other disciplines, and scientifically-trained volcano enthusiasts."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -