Eruptions that shook the world

"Fire & brimstone: how volcanoes work 'Some volcanos are in a state of incessant eruption; some, on the contrary, remain for centuries in a condition of total outward inertness, and return again to the same state of apparent extinction after a single vivid eruption of short duration; while others ex...

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第一著者: Oppenheimer, Clive
団体著者: ebrary, Inc
フォーマット: 電子媒体 eBook
言語:英語
出版事項: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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要約:"Fire & brimstone: how volcanoes work 'Some volcanos are in a state of incessant eruption; some, on the contrary, remain for centuries in a condition of total outward inertness, and return again to the same state of apparent extinction after a single vivid eruption of short duration; while others exhibit an infinite variety of phases intermediate between the extreme of vivacity and sluggishness.' [1RFA-001] The Earth is cooling down! This has nothing to do with contemporary global warming of the atmosphere and surface. I refer instead to the Earth's interior - the source of the molten rocks erupted by volcanoes throughout the planet's 4.567 billion year history"--
物理的記述:xvi, 392 p. : ill., maps.
書誌:Includes bibliographical references and index.