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Melting the Earth

The History of Ideas on Volcanic Eruptions

9780195106657
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For centuries humans have puzzled over volcanoes. Why do volcanoes erupt? How do they work? Professor Sigurdsson, an eminent volcanologist whose work has been featured in two National Geographic television specials, traces in this book the history of ideas about volcanoes, a history spanning more than 2,000 years —- from the notions of the ancient Greeks to the more scientific, experimentally based theories of today. Underlying his stories is an endeavour to answer the question::How do rocks melt in the Earth?
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OUP USA
88347
9780195106657
9780195106657

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Publication date
1999
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
272
Dimensions (mm)
178 x 254
Weight (g)
792
  • The Heat Below; From the Stone Age to Volcano Myths; The Bronze Age Eruption of Thera and Lost Atlantis; Subterranean Wind and Internal Combustion; The Plinian Eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79; The Chimneys of Hell; Renaissance and Earth Science; Burning Mountains and Cooling Stars Notes; Columnar Basalt and Neptunists; The First Field Volcanologists; Baron Munchausen in the Volcano; Chemical Reactions as Source of Heat in the Earth; From Fluid to Solid Earth; Melting by Decrease in Pressure; Radioactive Heat and Convection in the Earth; From Peridotite to Plate Tectonics;
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