| Description |
xii, 574 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Explosive Volcanism and the Generation of Volcanic Plumes -- Ch. 2. General Fluid Dynamical Principles -- Ch. 3. Source Conditions in Explosive Volcanic Eruptions -- Ch. 4. Eruption Column Models -- Ch. 5. Observations and Interpretation of Volcanic Plumes -- Ch. 6. Pyroclastic Flows -- Ch. 7. Co-ignimbrite Plumes -- Ch. 8. Geothermal and Hydrovolcanic Plumes -- Ch. 9. Hydrothermal Plumes -- Ch. 10. Basaltic Eruptions and Fire Fountains -- Ch. 11. Atmospheric Dispersal -- Ch. 12. Remote Sensing of Volcanic Plumes -- Ch. 13. Tephra Fall Deposits -- Ch. 14. Sedimentation from Volcanic Plumes -- Ch. 15. Quantitative Interpretation of Tephra Fall Deposits -- Ch. 16. Particle Aggregation in Plumes -- Ch. 17. Environmental Hazards -- Ch. 18. Atmospheric Effects |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [526]-559) and index |
| Subject |
Volcanic plumes.
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| Author |
Sparks, R. S. J. (Robert Stephen John), 1949-
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| LC no. |
96039034 |
| ISBN |
0471939013 (acod-free paper) |
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