Overview

This impressive scientific resource presents up-to-date information on ten thousand years of volcanic activity on Earth. In the decade and a half since the previous edition was published new studies have refined assessments of the ages of many volcanoes, and several thousand new eruptions have been documented. This edition updates the book's key components: a directory of volcanoes active during the Holocene; a chronology of eruptions over the past ten thousand years; a gazetteer of volcano names, synonyms, and subsidiary features; an extensive list of references; and an introduction placing these data in context. This edition also includes new photographs, data on the most common rock types forming each volcano, information on population densities near volcanoes, and other features, making it the most comprehensive source available on Earth's dynamic volcanism.

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Author:   Lee Siebert ,  Tom Simkin ,  Paul Kimberly
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.769kg
ISBN:  

9780520268777

ISBN 10:   0520268776
Pages:   568
Publication Date:   09 February 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface  DATA CRITERIA AND CONTEXT  INTRODUCTION  Previous Summaries  Sources  Years Covered  Maps and Regional Numbering Scheme  DATA TABLE SUMMARIES  Directory  Chronology  Large-Volume Holocene Eruptions  Fatalities and Evacuations  Preliminary List of Pleistocene Volcanoes  Preliminary List of Large-Volume Pleistocene Eruptions  Gazetteer  References  VOLCANO DATA  Volcano Name  Subregion  Latitude and Longitude  Elevation Population  Rock Type  Type (Morphology)  Volcano Number  Status  ERUPTION DATA  Area of Activity  Dates: Start and Stop  Uncertainties  Dating Techniques  Duration  Eruptive Characteristics  Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI)  Volume of Products (Vol L/T)  HISTORICAL RECORD: TRENDS AND CAUTIONS  Volcanoes and Humans  Volcanoes and Aircraft  Volcanic Processes  Volcanism: Magnitude, Frequency, and Global Impacts  Durations and Paroyxyms  Episodicity and Periodicity  Intervals between Eruptions and Associated Hazard Implications  Conclusions  References  DIRECTORY OF VOLCANOES Europe to Caucasus (01)  Africa & Red Sea (02)  Middle East & Indian Ocean (03)  New Zealand to Fiji (04)  Melanesia & Australia (05)  Indonesia & Andaman Is (06)  Philippines & SE Asia (07)  Japan, Taiwan & Marianas (08)  Kuriles, Kamchatka & Mainland Asia (09 &10)  Alaska (11)  Canada & Western USA (12)  Pacific Ocean (13)  México & Central America (14)  South America (15)  West Indies (16)  Iceland & Arctic Ocean (17)  Atlantic Ocean (18)  Antarctica & S Sandwich Islands (19)  CHRONOLOGY OF ERUPTIONS LARGE-VOLUME HOLOCENE ERUPTIONS Explosive Eruptions  Effusive Eruptions  FATALITIES AND EVACUATIONS Fatalities  Evacuations  PRELIMINARY LIST Of PLEISTOCENE VOLCANOES  PRELIMINARY LIST Of LARGE-VOLUME PLEISTOCENE ERUPTIONS  COLOR PHOTO SECTION  GAZETTER  REFERENCES

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Highly recommended. --Choice

Author Information

Lee Siebert and Paul Kimberly are volcanologists affiliated with the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program; Siebert is the GVP's Director. Tom Simkin (1933--2009), served as GVP founder and director from 1968--1995 in a distinguished career in volcanology that spanned more than four decades.

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