Teach Yourself Volcanoes, Earthquakes And Tsunamis

Teach Yourself Volcanoes, Earthquakes And Tsunamis - Book

Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis is the essential guide to what causes the most frightening geological events with which we are faced today. Teach Yourself Volcanoes, Earthquakes And Tsunamis covers plate tectonics, the intricacies of each terrible phenomina, and their effects as well as the impact they have on each other, how they can be predicted and, if possible, controlled.

Suitable for those who want to know more about these geological natural hazards as well as A-level and undergraduate students.

Written by David Rothery, a very well respected geologist and volcanologist. He is a senior lecturer at the Open University.

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Teach Yourself Volcanoes, Earthquakes And Tsunamis

Summary of contents:

Acknowledgements / 1 Introduction / 2 How the Earth moves / 3 Eruptions / 4 Types of volcano / 5 Volcanic hazards / 6 Volcanoes and climate / 7 Monitoring volcanoes / 8 Living with volcanoes / 9 Tectonic earthquakes / 10 Living with earthquakes / 11 Tsunamis / Taking it further / Glossary / Index

Publisher: Teach Yourself
Author: David Rothery
Media Type: Paperback Book
ISBN-13: 9781444103113
Language: English

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