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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael J Branney (Professor, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester) , Jan Zalasiewicz (Professor, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 11.30cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 17.50cm Weight: 0.144kg ISBN: 9780199582204ISBN 10: 0199582203 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 26 November 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPrologue List of illustrations 1 The making of magma 2 How do volcanoes explode? 3 Volcanoes and water 4 Lava 5 Making and breaking volcanoes 6 Hidden volcanoes: tales from the past 7 Volcanoes, climate, and the biosphere 8 What have volcanoes done for us? 9 Volcanoes beyond Earth A short glossary Further reading IndexReviewsAltogether, a little gem of a book and well worth the modest cost. * Chris Arkwright, Proceedings of the Open University Geological Society * Author InformationMike Branney is a Professor of Volcanology at the University of Leicester, and jazz pianist. He investigates explosive super-eruptions, how volcanic ash is transported across the Earth surface, and how volcanoes collapse catastrophically, and has published many key papers on these topics. He works in Korea, Mexico, Phillippines, the UK, Canary Islands, Italy, and the USA. Jan Zalasiewicz is a Professor at the University of Leicester, and before that worked at the British Geological Survey. A field geologist, palaeontologist and stratigrapher, he teaches various aspects of geology and Earth history to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and is a researcher into fossil ecosystems and environments across over half a billion years of geological time. He has published over a hundred papers in scientific journals, and has written and edited several books, including The Planet in a Pebble: a journey into Earth's deep history (OUP 2012), Rocks: A Very Short Introduction (OUP 2016), and Geology: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2018). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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