Volcanism and Global Environmental Change
by Elkins-Tanton, Lindy Fristad, Kirsten Schmidt, Anja
A multidisciplinary volume describing the effects of volcanism on the environment, past and present, for researchers and advanced students.
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- Full title :Volcanism and Global Environmental Change.
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A multidisciplinary volume describing the effects of volcanism on the environment, past and present, for researchers and advanced students.
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- Publication Date:©2015
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2015
Notes
Includes index.
7 Remote sensing of volcanic ash and sulfur dioxide.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvi, 324 pages) : : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781316207871, 1316207870, 9781107415683, 1107415683, 1107058376, 9781107058378, 1316191257, 9781316191255, 9781322882222, 1322882223, 9781316206041, 1316206041, 1107633540, 9781107633544, 1316211606, 9781316211601, 1316189414, 9781316189412, 1316209725, 9781316209721, 1316204243, 9781316204245, 1316202364, 9781316202364
- oclc:ocn904404579
- LC Classification:QE522 .V64 2015
- Dewey Decimal:551.21
Table of Contents
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of contributors; Preface; Part One Large volume volcanism: origins, features and timing; 1 Large igneous provinces and explosive basaltic volcanism; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Mafic volcanic-derived clastic deposits; 1.2.1 Primary volcaniclastic deposits; 1.2.2 Reworked volcaniclastic and epiclastic deposits; 1.3 Spatial and temporal occurrence of mafic volcaniclastic deposits; 1.3.1 East Greenland, North Atlantic Igneous Province; 1.3.2 Emeishan large igneous province; 1.3.3 Siberian flood basalts.
1.4 Evidence for volatile loads, temperatures and plume heights1.5 Summary: potential for climate change; References; 2 On the nature and consequences of super-eruptions; 2.1 Introduction: what are super-eruptions and super-volcanoes?; 2.1.1 Collapse calderas; 2.2 Magma bodies associated with super-volcanoes; 2.2.1 Eruption triggers; 2.3 Eruptive style; 2.3.1 Wet versus dry eruptions; 2.4 Where are the super-volcanoes and when did they erupt?; 2.5 Products of super-eruptions; 2.5.1 Tephra fall; 2.5.2 Ignimbrites; 2.5.3 Reworked deposits; 2.6 Impacts of super-eruptions.
2.6.1 Scenario for a future super-eruptionA…
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