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