Overview

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.

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Author:   R. W. Johnson
Publisher:   ANU Press
Imprint:   ANU Press
ISBN:  

9781922144225

ISBN 10:   1922144223
Pages:   394
Publication Date:   12 December 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Burning Islands and Dampier's Voyage: 1700 2. Volcano Sightings by European Navigators: 1528-1870 3. European Intruders and the 1878 Rabaul Eruption: 1870-1883 4. Volcanic Events of the German Era: 1884-1914 5. Australian Colonists and the Volcanoes of Mainland New Guinea: 1849-1938 6. Calderas, Ignimbrites and the 1937 Eruption at Rabaul: 1914-1940 7. Eruptions during the Pacific War and Postwar Recovery: 1941-1950 8. Disaster at Lamington: 1951-1952 9. Tony Taylor and an Eruption Time Cluster: 1951-1966 10. Plate Tectonics and False Alarms: 1960-1972 11. Cooke-Ravian and a Volcanic Resurgence: 1971-1979 12. Eruption Alert at Rabaul Caldera: 1971-1994 13. Eruptions at Rabaul: 1994-1999 14. Eruptions of the Early Twenty-first Century: 1998-2008 15. Reassessing Volcanic Risk in the North-eastern Gazelle Peninsula: 2000-2012 16. Historical Analysis and Volcanic Disaster-Risk Reduction An Epilogue Appendix: Acronyms and Glossaries Index

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