| Description |
1 online resource (1,445 pages) : illustrations (some color), map |
| Contents |
Front Cover; IFC; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENT; SECTIONAL PLAN; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 THE MELT OF THE EARTH; 2 VOLCANIC RISK: LANDMARK ERUPTIONS; 3 THE MID-OCEAN RIDGE; 5 VOLCANOES ON HOT SPOTS; The History of Volcanology; 2 THE BEGINNINGS; 3 INTERMEDIATE TO FELSIC GLACIOVOLCANISM; 3 HEAT FLOW IN THE EARTH; 3 PREHISTORIC USES; 10 EXPERIMENTS OF THE PLUTONISTS; 11 A SOLID EARTH; 12 DECOMPRESSION MELTING; 13 STIRRING THE POT: CONVECTION; 14 BIRTH OF PETROLOGY; 15 THE SOURCE; 16 THE ROLE OF WATER; Part I -Origin and Transport of Magma |
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Chapter 1 -- Melting the Earth's Upper MantleChapter 32 -- Volcanic Plumes; Chapter 78 -- Volcanoes in Literature and Film; Chapter 2 -- Migration of Melt; Chapter 4 -- The Composition and Origin of Magmas; Chapter 11 -- Magma Ascent and Degassing at Shallow Levels; Chapter 44 -- Cryovolcanism in the Outer Solar System; Chapter 76 -- Volcanoes, Ancient People, and Their Societies; 1 INTRODUCTION; 1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES; 1 INTRODUCTION; 1 INTRODUCTION; 1 INTRODUCTION; FURTHER READING; 2 MELT VISCOSITY; 2 ROCK NAMES AND COMPOSITIONS; 2 IMPACTS; 2 PRETWENTIETH-CENTURY NOVELS; 3 BASALTIC MAGMAS; 6 SUMMARY |
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5 CONCLUSIONS6 TECHNIQUES USED IN THE FIELD; FURTHER READING; 7 THE ROLE OF VOLATILES; 7 THE EVENT TREE SCHEME FOR LONG-TERM HAZARD ASSESSMENT; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 USE OF HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FURTHER READING; FURTHER READING; Chapter 6 -- Chemical Thermodynamics and the Study of Magmas; Chapter 36 -- Deposits of Pyroclastic Density Currents; 1 DEFINITION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MAGMATIC VOLATILES; 2 SOLUBILITY OF VOLATILES IN SILICATE MELTS; 3 APPROACHES FOR ASSESSING MAGMATIC VOLATILE CONTENTS; 4 ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING VOLATILE ABUNDANCES IN SILICATE GLASSES |
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4 PROCESS INTERACTIONS6 VOLATILE ABUNDANCES IN SILICIC MAGMAS; FURTHER READING; Chapter 8 -- Magma Chambers; Chapter 59 -- Volcanic Seismicity; 3 MAGMA EXTRUSION RATES; 3 STYLES OF ARC AND BACKARC HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; 3 MODELING DEFORMATION; 4 SILICIC MAGMAS: GRANITES AND RHYOLITES; 4 BUBBLE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION DURING MAGMA ASCENT; 4 HAZARDS POSED BY VOLCANO-RELATED LAKES; 4 HAZARD MITIGATION; 7 SUMMARY; SEE ALSO THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES; Chapter 10 -- Magma Transport in Dikes; Chapter 50 -- Volcanic Influences on the Carbon, Sulfur, and Halogen Biogeochemical Cycles |
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3 deformational behavior of materials3 volcanic arcs (subduction zone volcanism); 3 ancient volcano-related lakes as ore-forming environments; 4 linear elastic fracture mechanics; 4 current and future research directions; 7 origin of volatiles, earth degassing, and volatile recycling by subduction; 7 the fate of dikes; further reading; 8 insights from infrasonic measurements; 3 large-scale processes; 3 monitoring of tsunamigenic volcanoes and the mitigation of hazards from volcanic tsunamis; further reading; further reading; 5 summary; 5 eruption mechanism; 5 atmospheric dynamics |
| Summary |
Volcanoes are unquestionably one of the most spectacular and awe-inspiring features of the physical world. Our paradoxical fascination with them stems from their majestic beauty and powerful, sometimes deadly, destructiveness. Notwithstanding the tremendous advances in volcanology since ancient times, some of the mystery surrounding volcanic eruptions remains today. The Encyclopedia of Volcanoes summarizes our present knowledge of volcanoes; it provides a comprehensive source of information on the causes of volcanic eruptions and both the destructive and beneficial effects. The early chapters |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 20, 2015) |
| Subject |
Volcanoes -- Encyclopedias
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Volcanoes
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Vulkan
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Vulkanismus
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sigurdsson, Haraldur, editor
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| ISBN |
9780123859396 |
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0123859395 |
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0123859387 |
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9780123859389 |
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