Boeken Seismoloog

Volcanisme et volcanologie

Le 24 août de l'an 79 après J.-C., le Vésuve se réveilla au terme d'un repos de plusieurs siècles et détruisit les villes d'Herculanum, de Pompéi et de Stabiès. En 1783, l'éruption fissurale du Laki , en Islande, entraîna la mort de plus de 10 000 personnes par ses flots de lave et ses projections...

Living Planet: The Web of Life on Earth

The Sunday Times Bestseller A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the …

Quantum Physics Basic Principles

Gruppo Grotte Catania, ottantanni sopra e sotto il Vulcano - Volume Primo

Questo volume raccoglie una serie di relazioni inedite che sono il frutto dell’impegno dei soci nell’ambito della numerose sfaccettature della moderna attività speleologica: storia, esplorazione, ricerca biospeleologica e proposte web, presentate durante le varie sessioni del palinsesto dei festeggiamenti consentiranno al lettore una panoramica ampia su quanto costituisce ai giorni nostri l’attività del Gruppo Grotte …

Supervolcano: The Catastrophic Event That Changed the Course of Human History

A revised and updated comprehensive examination of the supervolcanic eruption of Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia over 75,000 years ago, and how it changed human genetic history by causing a population bottleneck, written by best-selling author Marie D. Jones and her father, the late geophysicist Dr. John M. Savino, Ph.D. The book describes what a supervolcano …

Volcanoes of Europe

The volcanoes of Europe offer dramatic landscapes, intriguing geological and geographical characteristics, and compelling histories of their interaction with those who have chosen to live on and near them. This new colour illustrated edition presents a wealth of up-to-date material in a comprehensive and thoroughly researched introduction.

China Seismic Experimental Site

This book introduces an integrated conceptual framework of the China Seismic Experimental Site (CSES), describes its scientific challenges and research priorities, and reports preliminary results coming out of observational infrastructure in seismology, tectonophysics, geodesy, geophysics and geochemistry. Preliminary community fault model, community velocity model, and community strain rate model in the CSES are described in …

Encyclopedia Of Volcanoes

Volcanoes are unquestionably one of the most spectacular and awe-inspiring features of the physical world. Our paradoxical fascination with them stems from their majestic beauty and powerful, sometimes deadly, destructiveness. Notwithstanding the tremendous advances in volcanology since ancient times, some of the mystery surrounding volcanic eruptions remains today. The Encyclopedia of Volcanoes summarizes our present …

Basaltsäulen

Structural Geology

Tackling structural geology problems today requires a quantitative understanding of the underlying physical principles, and the ability to apply mathematical models to deformation processes within the Earth. Accessible yet rigorous, this unique textbook demonstrates how to approach structural geology quantitatively using calculus and mechanics, and prepares students to interface with professional geophysicists and engineers who …