Eruption! : volcanoes and the science of saving lives

Rusch, Elizabeth.

Book 2013

An account of the work of volcanologists Andy Lockhart, John Pallister, and their team describes their life-risking efforts to investigate dangerous volcanoes that pose threats to more than one billion people worldwide.

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Volcanic eruptions Juvenile literature

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Scientists in the field

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ISBN:

9780547503509

Description:

76 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 75) and index

Contents:

Sleeping giant
Never again
Mount Pinatubo
To evacuate or not to evacuate?
Volcano training camp
How do you watch a volcano you can't see?
Mount Merapi's next move
The mystery of the missing ash
What happened here?
Living and working in the shadow of a volcano
Volcanic vocabulary

Control Number:

921202

Other Authors:

Uhlman, Tom

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