Fire Mountains Of The Islands
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Fire Mountains Of The Islands
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Author : R. Wally Johnson
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2013-12-18
Fire Mountains Of The Islands written by R. Wally Johnson and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-18 with Science categories.
Volcanic eruptions have killed thousands of people and damaged homes, villages, infrastructure, subsistence gardens, and hunting and fishing grounds in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The central business district of a town was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in the case of Rabaul in 1994. Volcanic disasters litter not only the recent written history of both countries—particularly Papua New Guinea—but are recorded in traditional stories as well. Furthermore, evidence for disastrous volcanic eruptions many times greater than any witnessed in historical times is to be found in the geological record. Volcanic risk is greater today than at any time previously because of larger, mainly sedentary populations on or near volcanoes in both countries. An attempt is made in this book to review what is known about past volcanic eruptions and disasters with a view to determining how best volcanic risk can be reduced today in this tectonically complex and volcanically threatening region.
Fire Mountains Of The Islands
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Author : Wally R. Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Fire Mountains Of The Islands written by Wally R. Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Emergency management categories.
Volcanic eruptions have killed thousands of people and damaged homes, villages, infrastructure, subsistence gardens, and hunting and fishing grounds in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The central business district of a town was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in the case of Rabaul in 1994. Volcanic disasters litter not only the recent written history of both countries”particularly Papua New Guinea”but are recorded in traditional stories as well. Furthermore, evidence for disastrous volcanic eruptions many times greater than any witnessed in historical times is to be found in the geological record. Volcanic risk is greater today than at any time previously because of larger, mainly sedentary populations on or near volcanoes in both countries. An attempt is made in this book to review what is known about past volcanic eruptions and disasters with a view to determining how best volcanic risk can be reduced today in this tectonically complex and volcanically threatening region.
Island On Fire
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Author : Alexandra Witze
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2014-03-20
Island On Fire written by Alexandra Witze and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-20 with Science categories.
Laki is Iceland's largest volcano. Its eruption in 1783 is one of history's great, untold natural disasters. Spewing out sun-blocking ash and then a poisonous fog for eight long months, the effects of the eruption lingered across the world for years. It caused the deaths of people as far away as the Nile and created catastrophic conditions throughout Europe. Island on Fire is the story not only of a single eruption but the people whose lives it changed, the dawn of modern volcanology, as well as the history and potential of other super-volcanoes like Laki around the world. And perhaps most pertinently, in the wake of the eruption of another Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, which closed European air space in 2010, acclaimed science writers Witze and Kanipe look at what might transpire should Laki erupt again in our lifetime.
Mountains Of Fire
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Author : Geoffrey J. Cox
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994-01-01
Mountains Of Fire written by Geoffrey J. Cox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with Banks Peninsula (N.Z.) categories.
An illustrated account of the eruption and subsequent slow erosion of the volcanoes which formed the present Banks Peninsula on the eastern coast of New Zealand's South Island. Describes the history and geophysical processes of the eruptions, the contribution they have made to the wealth of the Canterbury region, and what they look like now. Includes further reading and an index. Cox's previous books include 'Slumbering Giants' and 'Fountains Of Fire' about volcanoes in North Island.
Fire Mountain
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Author : Peter Morgan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-09-01
Fire Mountain written by Peter Morgan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-01 with categories.
On May 8, 1902, the citizens of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, in the Caribbean, scrambled frantically for shelter as the sky turned black & a rain of ash fell on the city. Mont Pelee, the island volcano that had remained dormant for so long, had suddenly awoken. Its rumblings became a savage roar, & within minutes the entire city had been destroyed along with its 30,000 inhabitants. The only apparent survivor was Ludger Sylbaris, a laborer who had spent the previous night in jail & who went on to tour in a human freak show as the Most Marvelous Man on Earth. The thrilling story of this modern-day Pompeii & of its politics, its miracles & its dead. ¿A miniature study in colonialism & as a lesson in what happens to enlightened values under duress.¿ Ill.
Fire Mountains Of The West
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Author : Stephen L. Harris
language : en
Publisher: Mountain Press
Release Date : 2005
Fire Mountains Of The West written by Stephen L. Harris and has been published by Mountain Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Nature categories.
For general readers or seasoned geologists, Fire Mountains of the West begins with an introduction to volcanoes, the processes that create them, and the glaciers that sculpt them. The heart of the book is a fascinating biography of each of the major volcanoes of the Cascades and Mono Lake area. Dramatic photos and illuminating maps and diagrams illustrate the visible features and hidden activity of these volcanoes. From the subterranean lava tube caves of the Medicine Lake volcano to the fire-and-ice formation of Mount Garibaldi, from the cataclysmic collapse of Crater Lake to the incinerating blast of modern Mount St. Helens, and from deadly volcanic gas presently killing trees at Mammoth Mountain to massive mudflows waiting to burst from Mount Rainier, this book brings to life in dynamic, crystal-clear language the geologic story of our western mountainscape.
Islands Of Fire
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Author : Dick Rosano
language : en
Publisher: Next Chapter
Release Date : 2022-02-03
Islands Of Fire written by Dick Rosano and has been published by Next Chapter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-03 with Fiction categories.
When Luca went to Sicily in search of his parents' roots, he didn't count on meeting Vito: a wizened old man who seemed to embody the history of the island in his bones. He also didn't count on Vito taking him back centuries - millennia - to the ancient times when Sicily was settled by seafaring people, and fought over by warring tribes and invaders. Luca didn't know about Anu and Baia who came to the shores of the island 11,000 years ago, or Telia and Sapira who began Sicily's agricultural revolution thousands of years later. He had never heard of the Sicani, Elymi, and Siculi tribes who settled the island 3,000 years ago, or the Arabs, Greeks, Carthaginians, and Romans who fought to control this vital piece of earth in the Middle Sea. Islands of Fire takes the reader on a journey through time, from the volcanic origins of this island to the era of the Roman Empire. It is a journey chronicled in the dozens of invasions of the island over thousands of years. A waystation in the Middle Sea, Sicily is at the heart of western history.
The World On Fire
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Author : Murat Halstead
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1902
The World On Fire written by Murat Halstead and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1902 with Earthquakes categories.
Fire Over The Islands
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Author : Dick Crofton Horton
language : en
Publisher: Leo Cooper Books
Release Date : 1975
Fire Over The Islands written by Dick Crofton Horton and has been published by Leo Cooper Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Solomon Islands categories.
How Does A Volcano Become An Island
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Author : Linda Tagliaferro
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Release Date : 2016-08-15
How Does A Volcano Become An Island written by Linda Tagliaferro and has been published by Heinemann-Raintree Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
How do mountains grow underwater? Why does the "Ring of Fire" feature so many volcanoes? Why might the island of Surtsey soon disappear? This series explores the causes and effects that shape our world. From the underwater volcanoes that sprout into islands, to the rushing waterfalls that spark electric currents, this series demonstrates how both natural and man-made phenomena occur.