1: The Basics: isotopes and green cheese
2: Keeping planets cool: volcanoes, hot-spots, and plate
tectonics
3: Four classic eruptions
4: Magma - the hot stuff
5: Types of volcanic activity
6: Lava Flows
7: Pyroclastic eruptions: bubbles, bangs, columns, and currents
8: What goes up must come down: pyroclastic fall deposits
9: Pyroclastic currents from collapsing domes and transient
eruptions
10: Pyroclastic currents and ignimbrites associated with plinian
eruptions
11: Super-eruptions, super-volcanoes and calderas
12: Debris avalanches and flows: magic carpets and muck
13: Volcanoes as landscape forms
14: Submarine volcanism
15: Extraterrestrial volcanoes
16: Eruptions and climate
17: Volcano monitoring
18: Reducing volcanic risks
The late Dr Peter Francis was Professor of Volcanology in the Department of Earth sciences at the Open University. Dr Clive Oppenheimer is a University Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.
'Oppenheimer does not shy away from difficult concepts, and as part
of a more modern treatment of magma vesiculation (bubble formation)
he presents a skilful precis of Yuri Siezin's catastrophe theory
model, whereby a slight change in the pressure driving up a conduit
can trigger an enormous change in magma ascent velocity.' Times
Higher Education Supplement, April 2004.
`Review from previous edition 'the work is organized around the
styles of volcanism found on the earth ... the lay reader is
skilfully guided around or over the technical hurdles without the
storyline being lost and perseverance, when it is needed, is
rewarded by many fascinating details about particular eruptions ...
the thoroughness and range of the coverage in the text make this an
excellent adjunct to the reading list for even a postgraduate
course in
volcanology ... Francis has succeeded in producing an extremely
readable, entertaining, authoritative and informative work that
should bring a better appreciation of modern volcanology to a wide
audience.''
L. Wilson, Nature August, 07/09/1993
`'the lay readers is skilfully guided around or over the technical
hurdles without the storyline being lost; and perseverance, when it
is needed, is rewarded by many fascinating details about particular
eruptions ... the thoroughness and range of the coverage in the
text make this an excellent adjunct to the reading list for even a
postgraduate course in volcanology ... Francis has succeeded in
producing an extremely readable, entertaining, authoritative
and informative work that should bring a better appreciation of
modern volcanology to a wide audience.''
Lionel Wilson, University of Lancaster, Nature, Vol. 364, August
1993
`'This is simply the best book I have seen on the science that
underlies modern understanding of volcanology - and on top of that
it is a pleasure to read ... a coherent and lively overview of his
field, from historical accounts of great eruptions to lavas on Mars
and elsewhere ... it is difficult to put down, principally because
of Francis's lively style ... His lucid style and individual ...
voice entices committed and casual readers alike. This is the
book for all those who have wondered why and how volcanoes erupt as
they do, and are prepared to think a little to find out ... what
makes this text so compelling is the sense of contact with
research.
Francis refers throughout to the scientists involved - what they
saw and how they interpreted their observations.''
Sue Bowler, New Scientist, September 1993
`'In an easy-to-read style, he has produced a scholarly work that
is a suitable text both for earth and environmental science
students and for those who wish to know more about this important
natural process. The book is extremely well illustrated with
high-quality drawings and photographs. This is a good follow-up to
the author's earlier and highly successful book on the same
subject.''
Times Higher Education Supplement
`'This is above all a very readable account of one of the Earth's
fundamental geological processes and as such will appeal equally to
students of geology and geography, nonspecialists, and the general
reader. The book is magnificently illustrated and the author writes
from first hand experience of research in this field.''
Aslib Book Guide, Vol. 59, No. 3, March 1994
`'targeted specifically to a popular audience. It went on to
achieve considerable success, in part because of its accessible
style, low price, and lack of competitors ... Francis has written a
highly personal discourse, focusing on those volcanoes and topics
that most captivate him ... it is Francis's subtle appreciation of
how volcanoes work that really sets this book apart.''
Science, Vol 263, 21 January 1994
`'Graduates would find much new material of interest and plenty of
references for further study.''
OUGS Journal 16.1, Spring Edition 1995
`'In part, reading this book is simply a pleasure, as Francis and
Oppenheimer write very clear and precise, adding occasionally the
odd joke...To the present writer, this book is the best work on
volcanoes and volcanology...the clarity of the presentation makes
this book very readable for the educated non-special...I thus
conclude: simply the best!''
Dr Ulrich Knittel, http://vulkanismus.de/reviews/volcs eng.html
`'In my opinion Dr Oppenheimer has combined the original work with
new material to produce a superb book which is a pleasure to read
and at a modest price it should be on the book list of everyone
interested in volcanology''
Elizabeth Maddocks OUGS Journal 25 (2) Symposium Edition 2004.
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