Agust Gudmundsson (University of London Royal Holloway)

Volcanotectonics

Understanding the Structure, Deformation and Dynamics of Volcanoes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive introduction to Volcanotectonics describes the physical processes inside volcanoes that control volcanic eruptions, their duration and magnitude. With numerous line drawings, photographs, worked examples, and exercises, the book is suitable for students, researchers and practitioners in Earth science and civil protection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 598
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 191mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1480g
• ISBN-13: 9781107024953
• ISBN-10: 1107024951
• Artikelnr.: 57637406

Autorenporträt

Agust Gudmundsson is Chair of Structural Geology at the Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London. He has been instrumental in founding the field of Volcanotectonics, which combines principles from structural geology, field geology and physics. He is a member of Academia Europaea, and has written some 200 scientific papers and two previous books: Rock Fractures in Geological Processes (Cambridge, 2011) and The Glorious Geology of Iceland's Golden Circle (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Volcanotectonic structures
3. Volcanotectonic deformation
4. Volcanotectonic earthquakes
5. Volcanotectonic processes
6. Formation and dynamics of magma chambers and reservoirs
7. Magma movement through the crust: dike paths
8. Dynamics of volcanic eruptions
9. Formation and evolution of volcanoes
10. Understanding unrest and forecasting eruptions
Appendix A. Units, dimensions, and prefixes
Appendix B. The Greek alphabet
Appendix C. Some mathematical and physical constants
Appendix D. Elastic constants
Appendix E. Properties of some crustal materials
Appendix F. Properties of lavas and magmas
Index.