Volcanoes: Global Perspectives - Couverture souple

Lockwood, John P.; Hazlett, Richard W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1405162503 ISBN 13 : 9781405162500

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd), 2010

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Overall I would highly recommend this work to anyone whowishes to understand volcanoes from a globalperspective.   (Bull Volcanol, 2011)

"Volcanoes will satisfy everybody interested in this fascinatingtopic, but most of all this textbook is written for volcanologists,and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in Earthsciences." (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2011)

"This is an impressive new textbook on volcanoes written by twoUS volcanologists with considerable expertise. The text isinformative, readable, well referenced and beautifully illustratedthroughout with many helpful colour diagrams and photos . . . Iexpect many will purchase it and I strongly recommend it for allcollege libraries." (The Geographical Journal, 2011)

"But these caveats notwithstanding, Featherstone has written anexcellent and often passionate account of the relationalgeographies of counter–global resistance that makes importantcontributions to debates on social movements, resistance, andspace; it will become a landmark text in the political geographiesof resistance." (Area, 2011)

"Overall I would highly recommend this work to anyone who wishesto understand volcanoes from a global perspective." (Bull Volcanol,2011)

"Essential. Upper–division undergraduates through professionals;general readers". (Choice, 1 November 2010)

Included on the Outstanding Academic Title 2010 list by Choice Magazine     (1January 2011)

"This book has been decades in the making, and it was well worththe wait. Volcanoes: Global Perspectives is a great overviewof volcanology, an excellent textbook and a very good read. Somebooks on volcanism have as their central focus what volcanoes are;this one is as interested in how they are experienced, andit is this that gives it an extra freshness and energy. "

The Volcanism Blog, July 2010

There are an awful lot of good books out there and we canadd one more to that list: Volcanoes: Global Perspectives"by Jack Lockwood and Rick Hazlett. I′ve been able to go through thebook and it covers almost everything a volcanophile would want toknow about volcanism on Earth and in the solarsystem.  

Dr. Erik Klemetti, Eruptions, May 2010

Quatrième de couverture :

Volcanoes are essential elements in the delicate global balance ofelemental forces that govern both the dynamic evolution of theEarth and the nature of Life itself. Without volcanic activity,life as we know it would not exist on our planet. Althoughbeautiful to behold, volcanoes are also potentially destructive,and understanding their nature is critical to prevent major loss oflife in the future.

Richly illustrated with over 300 original color photographs anddiagrams the book is written in an informal manner, with minimumuse of jargon, and relies heavily on first–person, eye–witnessaccounts of eruptive activity at both "red" (effusive) and "grey"(explosive) volcanoes to illustrate the full spectrum of volcanicprocesses and their products. Decades of teaching in universityclassrooms and fieldwork on active volcanoes throughout the worldhave provided the authors with unique experiences that they havedistilled into a highly readable textbook of lasting value.Questions for Thought, Study, and Discussion, Suggestions forFurther Reading, and a comprehensive list of source references makethis work a major resource for further study of volcanology.

Volcanoes maintains three core foci:

• Global perspectives explain volcanoes in terms of theirtectonic positions on Earth and their roles in earth history
• Environmental perspectives describe the essential roleof volcanism in the moderation of terrestrial climate andatmosphere
• Humanitarian perspectives discuss the major influencesof volcanoes on human societies. This latter is especiallyimportant as resource scarcities and environmental issues loom overour world, and as increasing numbers of people are threatened byvolcanic hazards

Readership

Volcanologists, advanced undergraduate, and graduate students inearth science and related degree courses, and volcano enthusiastsworldwide.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1405162503
• ISBN 13: 9781405162500
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 550