Eruptions that Shook the World

by Oppenheimer, Clive

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A spellbinding exploration of the history's greatest volcanic events and their impacts on the history of humankind.

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Title Statements

Full title :Eruptions that Shook the World.

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A spellbinding exploration of the history's greatest volcanic events and their impacts on the history of humankind.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

Notes

9.1.1 Climate impact.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (410 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781139116114, 1139116118, 9781139113946, 1139113941
oclc:ocn769341820
LC Classification:QE522 .O58 2011
Dewey Decimal:551.21

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Fire and brimstone: how volcanoes work; 1.1 Origins of volcanoes: the mantle; 1.2 Magma; 1.3 Eruption parameters; 1.3.1 Explosive and effusive volcanism; 1.3.2 Magnitude; 1.3.3 Intensity; 1.4 Summary; 2 Eruption styles, hazards and ecosystem impacts; 2.1 Eruption clouds; 2.1.1 Hazards; 2.2 Tephra falls; 2.2.1 Hazards; 2.2.2 Ash fertilisation; 2.3 Pyroclastic currents & caldera formation; 2.3.1 Hazards; 2.4 Lava flows and domes; 2.4.1 Hazards; 2.5 Rock avalanches and mudflows; 2.5.1 Hazards; 2.6 Tsunami; 2.6.1 Hazards.

2.7 Earthquakes2.7.1 Hazards; 2.8 Volcanic gas emissions; 2.8.1 Hazards; 2.9 Recovery of ecosystems; 2.10 Volcanic disasters; 2.11 Summary; 3 Volcanoes and global climate change; 3.1 Pinatubo's global cloud; 3.1.1 Optical illusions; 3.2 Atmospheric and climatic change; 3.2.1 Effects on light and heat radiation; 3.2.2 Summer cooling, winter warming; 3.2.3 Oceanic response; 3.2.4 Biological feedbacks; 3.2.5 Stratospheric ozone depletion; 3.3 Recipe for a climate-forcing eruption; 3.3.1 Sulphur content and eruption magnitude; 3.3.2 Eruption intensity and style; 3.3.3 Eruption location.

3.3.4 Eruption timi…