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Eruptions that shook the world

Clive Oppenheimer
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  • Contents

  • Frontmatter
  • Preface (page ix)
  • Acknowledgments (page xv)
  • 1. Fire and brimstone: how volcanoes work (page 1)
  • 2. Eruption styles, hazards and ecosystem impacts (page 22)
  • 3. Volcanoes and global climate change (page 53)
  • 4. Forensic volcanology (page 77)
  • 5. Relics, myths and chronicles (page 109)
  • 6. Killer plumes (page 140)
  • 7. Human origins (page 166)
  • 8. The ash giant/sulphur dwarf (page 181)
  • 9. European volcanism in prehistory (page 208)
  • 10. The rise of Teotihuacán (page 240)
  • 11. Dark Ages: dark nature? (page 253)
  • 12. The haze famine (page 269)
  • 13. The last great subsistence crisis in the Western world (page 295)
  • 14. Volcanic catastrophe risk (page 320)
  • Appendix A: Large eruptions (page 355)
  • Appendix B: Further reading and data sources (page 364)
  • References (page 369)
  • Index (page 385)
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Published: c2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780521641128 (hardcover)
  • 9781139109581 (ebook)
Subject
  • Comparative/World
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