Volcanoes
by Robert I. Tilling
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Language: English
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About this eBook
- Author
- Tilling, Robert I., 1935-
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QE: Science: Geology
- Subject
- Volcanoes
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 46894
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46894
- Release Date
- September 18, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Volcanoes
- 2.The Nature of Volcanoes
- 3.Principal Types of Volcanoes — Cinder cones — Composite volcanoes — The Evolution of a Composite Volcano: — Shield volcanoes — Lava domes
- 4.Other Volcanic Structures — Plugs (necks) — Maars — Nonvolcanic craters
- 5.Types of Volcanic Eruptions
- 6.Submarine Volcanoes
- 7.Geysers, Fumaroles, and Hot Springs
- 8.Volcano Environments
- 9.Plate-Tectonics Theory
- 10.Extraterrestrial Volcanism
- 11.Volcano Monitoring and Research
- 12.Volcanoes and People
- 13.Suggested Reading
- 14.Transcriber’s Notes
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