Volcanoes in Human History (eBook)

The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions

Jelle Zeilinga de Boer, Donald Theodore Sanders (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
337 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-28819-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The classic account of how volcanism has shaped human culture and science, from the Bronze Age eruption that destroyed Minoan Crete to Mount St. HelensWhen the volcano Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815, as many as one hundred thousand people perished from the blast and ensuing famine. Gases and dust particles ejected into the atmosphere changed weather patterns around the world, resulting in the infamous ';year without a summer' in North America, food riots in Europe, and a widespread cholera epidemic. And the gloomy weather inspired Mary Shelley to write the gothic novel Frankenstein. This panoramic book tells the story of nine such epic volcanic events, explaining the related geology and exploring the myriad ways our planet's volcanism has affected human history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.10.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Science Library
• Vorwort: Robert D. Ballard
• Zusatzinfo: 40 b/w illus. 2 tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Schlagworte: Aeneid • African Plate • aleutian islands • Aleutian Trench • asthenosphere • Atlantic Ocean • author • Betty Radice • Bronze Age • Cinder cone • Crust (geology) • Dike (geology) • disaster • earth • Eruption column • Eurasian Plate • Explosive Eruption • Fault (geology) • geologist • Geology • Heimaey • Herculaneum • Indonesia • island arc • john mcphee • Kilauea • Lava • Lithosphere • Magma Chamber • Mantle Plume • mid-Atlantic ridge • Mount Vesuvius • Mudflow • North America • north american plate • Pacific Ocean • pacific plate • Plate Tectonics • Princeton University Press • Pumice • Pyroclastic flow • Quantity • Rift zone • seawater • Sediment • Stratosphere • subduction • Sulfur Dioxide • sulfuric acid • Sumbawa • Sunda Strait • Surtsey • Therasia • Tristan da Cunha • Tsunami • Types of volcanic eruptions • volcanic arc • volcanic ash • Volcanic bomb • volcanic explosivity index • Volcanic gas • volcanic rock • volcanism • volcano • volcanologist • Volcanology • Weather • World War II • year • Year without a summer
• ISBN-10: 0-691-28819-4 / 0691288194
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-28819-2 / 9780691288192