Volcanoes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions - Paperback
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Jelle Zeilinga de Boer, Donald Theodore Sanders, Robert D. Ballard (Foreword by)Series:Princeton Science LibraryPublish date:11/21/2004Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691118383ISBN-10:691118388UPC:9780691118383Book Category:Nature, Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Earth Sciences, WorldBook Topic:Seismology & VolcanismSize:9.22 x 6.12 x 0.77 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC51ZCFH90
Volcanoes in Human History: The Far-Reaching Effects of Major Eruptions
When the volcano Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815, as many as 100,000 people perished as a result of the blast and an ensuing famine caused by the destruction of rice fields on Sumbawa and neighboring islands. 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...
Series: Princeton Science Library
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691118383ISBN-10:691118388UPC:9780691118383Book Category:Nature, Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Earth Sciences, WorldBook Topic:Seismology & VolcanismSize:9.22 x 6.12 x 0.77 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC51ZCFH90
Jelle Zeilinga de Boer is the Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science at Wesleyan University. His publications include work on the geodynamic evolution of the Appalachians, Costa Rica, Greece, Panama, and the Philippines. Donald Theodore Sanders has worked as a petroleum geologist, a science editor for encyclopedias, and an editor of corporate scientific publications. Before retiring from...
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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