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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Eruptions, Jargon, and History | |
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| A 'grey volcano' in eruption - Galunggung - 1982 | |
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| A 'red volcano' in eruption - Kilauea - 1974 | |
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| Some basic terminology | |
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| History of volcanology | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| The Big Picture | |
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| Global Perspectives - Plate Tectonics and Volcanism | |
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| Birth of a theory | |
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| Volcanoes along divergent plate boundaries | |
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| Volcanoes along convergent plate boundaries | |
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| Intraplate volcanoes | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| The Nature of Magma - Where Volcanoes Come From | |
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| Origins of magma | |
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| The physics and chemistry of melting | |
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| Classification of magma and igneous rocks | |
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| Principal magma types | |
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| Magmatic and volcanic gases | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| The Physical Properties of Magma and Why it Erupts | |
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| Magma temperatures | |
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| Magma rheology | |
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| Magma ascent and emplacement | |
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| 'Frozen magma' - subvolcanic intrusives | |
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| Triggers for volcanic eruptions - why volcanoes erupt | |
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| Repose intervals | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| Volcanic Eruptions And Their Products | |
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| Classifying Volcanic Eruptions | |
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| Rittman diagrams | |
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| Lacroix classification system | |
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| Geze classification diagram | |
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| Volcanic explosivity index VEI | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| Effusive Volcanic Eruptions and Their Products | |
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| Surface textures - Pahoehoe and Effusive eruption types | |
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| Pahoehoe surface structures | |
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| Pahoehoe internal structures | |
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| Aa surfaces and structures | |
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| Block lavas | |
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| Radiocarbon dating of prehistoric lava flows | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| An Overview of Explosive Eruptions and Their Products | |
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| Ejecta classification | |
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| Explosive eruption styles and their products | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| A Closer Look at Large-scale Explosive Eruptions | |
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| Measuring the sizes of Plinian eruptions | |
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| Plinian eruption dynamics | |
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| Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) | |
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| PDC flow regimes | |
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| Phreatoplinian eruptions | |
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| Precursors to Plinian eruptions | |
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| Super-eruptions | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| Volcanic Landforms And Settings | |
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| Constructional (Positive)Volcanic Landforms | |
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| Large igneous provinces | |
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| Shield volcanoes | |
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| Composite volcanoes | |
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| Minor volcanic landforms | |
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| Volcano old age and extinction | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| Negative | |
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| Volcanic Landforms - Craters and Calderas | |
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| Small craters | |
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| Calderas | |
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| Subcaldera intrusions | |
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| Post-caldera resurgence | |
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| Volcano-tectonic depressions | |
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| Caldera formation mechanisms | |
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| Caldera roots - relationships to plutonic rocks | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| Mass-wasting Processes and Products | |
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| Landslides and avalanche | |
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| Lahars and hyperconcentrated flows | |
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| Lahar dynamics | |
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| Lahar facies | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| Volcanoes Unseen and Far Away | |
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| Submarine and subglacial volcanoes - the meeting of fire, water, and ice | |
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| Extraterrestrial volcanoes | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| Humanistic Volcanology | |
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| Volcanoes: Life, Climate, and Human History | |
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| Volcanoes and the origin of life | |
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| Volcanoes, atmosphere, and climate | |
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| Volcanic influence on soil fertility and agriculture | |
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| Volcanoes and human history | |
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| Social impact of volcanic eruptions | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| Volcanic Hazards and Risk - Monitoring and Mitigation | |
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| Hazards and risk | |
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| Volcanic hazards | |
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| Volcanic risk | |
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| Volcanic crisis management | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| Economic Volcanology | |
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| Earth energy relationships | |
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| Volcano energy | |
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| Geothermal power | |
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| Volcanoes and ore deposits | |
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| Other useful volcanic materials | |
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| Additional reading | |
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| Questions for thought, study, and discussion | |
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| Epilogue: The Future of Volcanology | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |