Description |
179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Out of the crater : chronicles of a volcanologist / Richard V. Fisher. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Contents ix -- Acknowledgments 3 -- Prologue 8 -- Chapter 1. Los Alamos, New Mexico -- Chapter 2. Bikini and the Atom Bomb 13 -- Chapter 3. The Beginnings of a Career 22 -- Chapter 4. Central Oregon: Tuff, Fossils, and Lava 28 -- Chapter 5. Puu Hou, Hawaii: Solitary Isolation 35 -- Chapter 6. Volcanoes and Water 46 -- Chapter 7. Mount Pele, Martinique 62 -- Chapter 8. Soufriere, St. Vincent 69 -- Chapter 9. Volcanoes in Europe 80 -- Chapter 10. Mount St. Helens 89 -- Chapter 11. Mount Vesuvius 104 -- Chapter 12. El Chichon, Southern Mexico 115 -- Chapter 13. Calderas 126 -- Chapter 14. Communist China 137 -- Chapter 15. Italy and Ignimbrite 156 -- Epilogue 170 -- Glossary 173 -- Index 177 -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Fisher, Richard V, (Richard Virgil), 1928-Volcanologists United States Biography, Volcanoes |
Notes |
Includes index |
Subject |
Fisher, Richard V. (Richard Virgil), 1928-2002.
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Volcanoes.
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Volcanologists -- United States -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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LC no. |
98017838 |
ISBN |
0691002266 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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