Volcanoes

The second edition of Volcanoes discusses the impact of volcanic eruptions on the Earth's environment-a cause of debate and extensive research by leading academics worldwide. Featuring excellent illustrations, the text includes a new chapter on volcanic hazards, which looks at complex scientific and sociological issues surrounding risk mitigation. In addition, it provides updated information on new eruptions, research findings, and planetary studies while preserving the strengths of the first edition-accessibility, clarity, and wit. Volcanoes, 2/e is ideal for undergraduate courses in geology, earth science, geography, environmental science and planetary science.

The impact of volcanic eruptions on the Earth's environment has been the source of many a debate and the cause of extensive research activities by leading academics worldwide. The new edition of Peter Francis's Volcanoes preserves the particular strengths of the orignal in its accessibility, immense clarity, engaging humour and excellent illustrations. The book updates the original by reflecting on new research findings and new eruptions (such as that on Montserrat) as well as including a new chapter on volcanic hazards, which looks at the complex and scientific and sociological issues surrounding risk mitigation. In updating the planetary perspective of the book new co-author Clive Oppenheimer provides us with an insight into studies of Mars and Jupiter. The book is designed primarily for undergraduate students across a range of disciplines including geology, Earth sciences, geography, environmental sciences and planetary sciences, yet, is an equally valuable source for volcanologists, senior scientists in other disciplines and scientifically-trained volcano enthusiasts. Online Resource Centre All the figures from the book will be available to download free from the companion web site.

1 - The Basics: isotopes and green cheese
2 - Keeping planets cool: volcanoes, hot-spots, and plate tectonics
3 - Four classic eruptions
4 - Magma - the hot stuff
5 - Types of volcanic activity
6 - Lava Flows
7 - Pyroclastic eruptions: bubbles, bangs, columns, and currents
8 - What goes up must come down: pyroclastic fall deposits
9 - Pyroclastic currents from collapsing domes and transient eruptions
10 - Pyroclastic currents and ignimbrites associated with plinian eruptions
11 - Super-eruptions, super-volcanoes and calderas
12 - Debris avalanches and flows: magic carpets and muck
13 - Volcanoes as landscape forms
14 - Submarine volcanism
15 - Extraterrestrial volcanoes
16 - Eruptions and climate
17 - Volcano monitoring
18 - Reducing volcanic risks

The late Dr Peter Francis was Professor of Volcanology in the Department of Earth sciences at the Open University. Dr Clive Oppenheimer is a University Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.