Haraldur Sigurdsson (Professor, Graduate School of Oceanography, Pr

Melting the Earth

The History of Ideas on Volcanic Eruptions

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Produktbeschreibung

For centuries humans have puzzled over volcanoes. In this text, the author, a volcanologist, traces the history of ideas about volcanoes, a history spanning more than 2000 years - from the notions of the ancient Greeks to the more scientific, experimentally based theories of today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 185mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 656g
• ISBN-13: 9780195106657
• ISBN-10: 0195106652
• Artikelnr.: 57112226

Inhaltsangabe

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