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Volcanoes
- Title
- Volcanoes / Philippe Bourseiller, Jacques Durieux ; [translated from the French by David Baker].
- Author
- Bourseiller, Philippe.
- Publication
- New York : H.N. Abrams, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QE522 .B7713 2002q Oversize | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Durieux, Jacques.
- Description
- 413 p. : col. ill.; 38 cm.
- Summary
- Documents the awesome power and devastating aftermath of volcanoes, offering photographs of the ancient ruins of Pompeii, the recent Guagua Pichincha eruption, rivers of fire, lava islands, and massive craters.
- Uniform Title
- Des volcans et des hommes. English
- Alternative Title
- Des volcans et des hommes.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- illustrated books.
- Illustrated works
- Pictorial works
- Illustrated works.
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Beliefs and legends -- Ceremonies -- The birth of volcanology -- Surveillance and observations -- Assessing the risks -- Coexisting with volcanoes -- Eruptions in Iceland and Reunion -- Eruptions in Vanuatu and Ecuador -- The science of volcanoes.
- ISBN
- 0810916991
- 9780810916999
- LCCN
- 2002100975
- OCLC
- ocm51728562
- 51728562
- SCSB-14159497
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library