Volcano
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Volcano
(Eyewitness guides, 38)
Dorling Kindersley, 1992
Available at 12 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Volcanoes and earthquakes have mesmerized and terrified people since before records began. This collection of superb photographs brings the story of these amazing natural phenomena vividly to lifeLearn about plate tectonics and how forces deep in the Earth's crust cause volcanoes and earthquakes. Learn how to read a seismograph and where to go if an earthquake rocks your house. See bodies uneearthed from Pompeii a volcano erupting on one of Jupiter's moons the volcanoes of Hawaii and a camera used to find earthquake survivor trapped in rubble. Discover how volcanoes can affect the weather and how San Francisco and Tokyo are preparing for the next big quake.Packed with fascinating facts Volcano is a unique and compelling introduction to the strange and powerful forces that shake and shape our planet.
Table of Contents
- Fire from below
- eruption sequence of Mount St Helens
- types of volcanic material
- gas and lightning
- hot spots
- Vesuvius and Pompeii
- the world's weather
- steam vents and boiling mud
- volcanoes on other planets
- earthquake damage
- measuring earthquake waves
- mud, flood and avalanche
- disaster!
- myths and legends.
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