Volcanic eruption is the most spectacular of all landscape-forming processes and has a fascination for the scientist and the ordinary man alike. This book gives an up-to-date account of the mechanism of volcanic activity, the products of eruption, and especially the many varieties of landform produced by vulcanism. It also describes the processes of weathering and erosion that attack volcanoes and lava flows and discusses the course of landscape evolution in volcanic areas.The numerous examples of eruptions, disasters, landforms, and scientific investigations are drawn from all over the world, with some emphasis on volcanic features of Australasia. The distribution of volcanoes is explained in conjunction with modern ideas of the evolution of the earth's crust, and the final chapter discusses methods used to predict eruptions as well as what to do when an eruption occurs."Volcanoes" is aimed at the level of undergraduate geomorphology students, but will be of interest to geologists, geophysicists, and hydrologists. It is also a suitable introduction to volcanoes for schools and for the general reader. Like other volumes of the Introduction to Systematic Geomorphology series, it is well illustrated with diagrams and photographs."Contents: " Volcanic Rocks. Volcanic Eruptions. Types of Volcano. Craters and Calderas. Lava Flows. Pyroclastic Fall Deposits. Pyroclastic Flow Deposits. Intrusive Igneous Rocks. Hydrology and Drainage of Volcanic Areas. Weathering and Erosion. Patterns of Volcanic Distribution. Aspects of Vulcanology.A volume in the series An Introduction to Systematic Geomorphology.
- ISBN10 0262650088
- ISBN13 9780262650083
- Publish Date 15 November 1974 (first published 20 May 1970)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 September 2010
- Publish Country US
- Publisher MIT Press Ltd
- Imprint MIT Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 370
- Language English