Volcanoes of the world

Smithsonian Institution

2010

IX, 551 p.

9780520268777

Preface DATA CRITERIA AND CONTEXT INTRODUCTION Previous Summaries Sources Years Covered Maps and Regional Numbering Scheme DATA TABLE SUMMARIES Directory Chronology Large-Volume Holocene Eruptions Fatalities and Evacuations Preliminary List of Pleistocene Volcanoes Preliminary List of Large-Volume Pleistocene Eruptions Gazetteer References VOLCANO DATA Volcano Name Subregion Latitude and Longitude Elevation Population Rock Type Type (Morphology) Volcano Number Status ERUPTION DATA Area of Activity Dates: Start and Stop Uncertainties Dating Techniques Duration Eruptive Characteristics Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) Volume of Products (Vol L/T) HISTORICAL RECORD: TRENDS AND CAUTIONS Volcanoes and Humans Volcanoes and Aircraft Volcanic Processes Volcanism: Magnitude, Frequency, and Global Impacts Durations and Paroyxyms Episodicity and Periodicity Intervals between Eruptions and Associated Hazard Implications Conclusions References DIRECTORY OF VOLCANOES Europe to Caucasus (01) Africa & Red Sea (02) Middle East & Indian Ocean (03) New Zealand to Fiji (04) Melanesia & Australia (05) Indonesia & Andaman Is (06) Philippines & SE Asia (07) Japan, Taiwan & Marianas (08) Kuriles, Kamchatka & Mainland Asia (09 &10) Alaska (11) Canada & Western USA (12) Pacific Ocean (13) Mexico & Central America (14) South America (15) West Indies (16) Iceland & Arctic Ocean (17) Atlantic Ocean (18) Antarctica & S Sandwich Islands (19) CHRONOLOGY OF ERUPTIONS LARGE-VOLUME HOLOCENE ERUPTIONS Explosive Eruptions Effusive Eruptions FATALITIES AND EVACUATIONS Fatalities Evacuations PRELIMINARY LIST Of PLEISTOCENE VOLCANOES PRELIMINARY LIST Of LARGE-VOLUME PLEISTOCENE ERUPTIONS COLOR PHOTO SECTION GAZETTER REFERENCES

A scientific resource that presents information on ten thousand years of volcanic activity on Earth. It also includes fresh photographs and data on some of the most common rock types forming each volcano, information on population densities near volcanoes, and other features.

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