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100 1 Oppenheimer, Clive
245 10 Eruptions that shook the world /|cClive Oppenheimer
260 Cambridge, UK ;|aNew York :|bCambridge University Press,
|c2011
300 xvi, 392 p. :|bill., maps ;|c24 cm
504 Includes bibliographical references and index
505 0 Fire and Brimstone: How Volcanoes Work. Origins of
volcanoes: the mantle ; Magma ; Eruption parameters --
Eruption Styles, Hazards, and Ecosystem Impacts. Eruption
clouds ; Tephra falls ; Pyroclastic currents & caldera
formation ; Lava flows and domes ; Rock avalanches and
mudflows ; Tsunami ; Earthquakes ; Volcanic gas emissions
; Recovery of ecosystems ; Volcanic disasters -- Volcanoes
and Global Climate Change. Pinatubo's global cloud ;
Atmospheric and climatic change ; Recipe for a climate-
forcing eruption -- Forensic Volcanology. Reading the
rocks ; Ice cores ; Tree rings -- Relics, Myths, and
Chronicles. Archaeological perspectives ; Oral traditions
; Crepuscular lights, cannonades, and chronicles ; Volcano
forensics: a case study -- Killer Plumes. Mass extinctions
; More about LIPs ; LIP origins ; LIPs, bolides, and
extinctions: the coincidences ; Kill mechanisms ; Hot LIPs
and cold SLIPs -- Human Origins. The East African Rift
Valley ; The first humans ; The Middle Stone Age and
modern humans -- The Ash-Giant/Sulphur-Dwarf. The eruption
; Sulphur yield of the eruption ; Climate change ; The
human story ; Focus on India -- European Volcanism in
Prehistory. The Campanian eruption and the human
revolution in Palaeolithic Europe ; 'Cultural devolution'
and the Laacher See eruption ; Eruption of Santorini and
the decline of the Minoan civilisation -- The Rise of
Teotihuacán. Popocatépetl ; The Ilopango eruption -- Dark
Ages: Dark Nature? The mystery cloud of 536 CE ; Veils
and whips -- The Haze Famine. The eruption ; Gas emissions
and aerosol veil ; Weather and climate ; The haze famine ;
Long reach of the eruption -- The Last Great Subsistence
Crisis in the Western World. Sumbawa before the disaster ;
The eruption ; Atmospheric and climate impacts ; Human
tragedy ; Global reach of the eruption -- Volcanic
Catastrophe Risk. Three catastrophe scenarios ; Risk
control ; Global warming: fake volcanoes and real
eruptions ; Shaken but not stirred -- Large Eruptions. The
twenty-five largest documented Holocene eruptions
505 8 Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Fire and
brimstone: how volcanoes work; 2. Eruption styles, hazards
and ecosystem impacts; 3. Volcanoes and global climate
change; 4. Forensic volcanology; 5. Relics, myths and
chronicles; 6. Killer plumes; 7. Human origins; 8. The ash
-giant/sulphur-dwarf; 9. European volcanism in prehistory;
10. The rise of Teotihuacán; 11. Dark Ages: dark nature?;
12. The Haze famine; 13. The last great subsistence crisis
in the western world; 14. Volcanic catastrophe risk;
Appendix A. Volcano trumps: notable eruptions of the past
10,000 years; Appendix B. Further reading; Index
520 "What does it take for a volcanic eruption to really shake
the world? Did volcanic eruptions extinguish the
dinosaurs? Did they help humans to evolve and conquer the
world, only to decimate their populations with a super-
eruption 73,000 years ago? Did they contribute to the ebb
and flow of ancient empires, the French Revolution and the
rise of fascism in Europe in the 19th century? These are
some of the claims made for volcanic cataclysm.
Volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer explores rich geological,
historical, archaeological and palaeoenvironmental records
(such as ice cores and tree rings) to tell the stories
behind some of the greatest volcanic events of the past
quarter of a billion years. He shows how a forensic
approach to volcanology reveals the richness and
complexity behind cause and effect, and argues that
important lessons for future catastrophe risk management
can be drawn from understanding events that took place
even at the dawn of human origins" A spellbinding
exploration of the history's greatest volcanic events and
their impacts on the history of humankind.--|cProvided by
publisher
520 "Fire & brimstone: how volcanoes work 'Some volcanos are
in a state of incessant eruption; some, on the contrary,
remain for centuries in a condition of total outward
inertness, and return again to the same state of apparent
extinction after a single vivid eruption of short
duration; while others exhibit an infinite variety of
phases intermediate between the extreme of vivacity and
sluggishness.' [1RFA-001] The Earth is cooling down! This
has nothing to do with contemporary global warming of the
atmosphere and surface. I refer instead to the Earth's
interior - the source of the molten rocks erupted by
volcanoes throughout the planet's 4.567 billion year
history."--|cProvided by publisher
650 0 Volcanism|xEffect of environment on
650 0 Volcanism|xHistory
650 0 Volcanology
650 7 SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Mineralogy|2bisacsh
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