The Volcano Adventure GuideCambridge University Press, 2005/01/13 - 352 ページ This guide contains vital information for anyone wishing to visit, explore, and photograph active volcanoes safely and enjoyably. Following an introduction that discusses eruption styles of different types of volcanoes and how to prepare for an exploratory trip that avoids volcanic dangers, the book presents guidelines to visiting 42 different volcanoes around the world. It is filled with practical information that includes tour itineraries, maps, transportation details, and warnings of possible non-volcanic dangers. Three appendices direct the reader to a wealth of further volcano resources in a volume that will fascinate amateur enthusiasts and professional volcanologists alike. Rosaly Lopes is a planetary geology and volcanology specialist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. In addition to her curatorial and research work, she has lectured extensively in England and Brazil and written numerous popular science articles. She received a Latinas in Science Award from the Comision Feminil Mexicana Nacional in 1991 and since 1992, has been a co-organizer of the United Nations/European Space Agency/The Planetary Society yearly conferences on Basic Science for the Benefit of Developing Countries. Rosaly Lopes comments on the volcanic eruption beneath Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier - click here. |
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Volcanoes of the world | 3 |
Introduction to the field guides | 65 |
Volcanoes in the continental USA | 107 |
Volcanoes in Italy | 177 |
Volcanoes in the West Indies | 301 |
Useful information for preparing a volcano trip | 332 |
Bibliography 338 | |
Glossary 345 | |
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