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Volcanoes : in history, in theory, in eruption
- Title
- Volcanoes : in history, in theory, in eruption / Fred M. Bullard.
- Author
- Bullard, Fred M. (Fred Mason), 1901-1994.
- Publication
- [Austin] University of Texas Press [1962]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | 85351.224 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 441 pages illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Note
- Rev. ed. published in 1976 under title: Volcanoes of the Earth.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-424).
- Contents
- What is a volcano? -- Mythology and early speculation on volcanoes -- Volcanology becomes a science -- Classification of volcanoes -- What comes out of a volcano -- Cones, craters, and calderas -- The Pelean type of volcanic eruption -- The Vulcanian type of volcanic eruption -- The Strombolian type of volcanic eruption -- The Hawaiian type of volcanic eruption -- The Icelandic type of volcanic eruption -- Volcanic cycles -- Birth of new volcanoes -- Man's use of geothermal energy -- Volcanoes in geologic perspective -- Retrospect -- Appendix : Geologic time scale -- Glossary -- Bibliography.
- LCCN
- 61010043
- OCLC
- ocm00546693
- 546693
- SCSB-303449
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library