This impressive scientific resource presents up-to-date information on ten thousand years of volcanic activity on Earth. In the decade and a half since the previous edition was published new studies have refined assessments of the ages of many volcanoes, and several thousand new eruptions have been documented. This edition updates the book’s key components: a directory of volcanoes active during the Holocene; a chronology of eruptions over the past ten thousand years; a gazetteer of volcano names, synonyms, and subsidiary features; an extensive list of references; and an introduction placing these data in context. This edition also includes new photographs, data on the most common rock types forming each volcano, information on population densities near volcanoes, and other features, making it the most comprehensive source available on Earth’s dynamic volcanism.
Volcanoes of the World Third Edition
About the Book
Reviews
“Highly recommended.”—C. L. Hebblethwaite Choice
“This book is the book to have if volcanoes are your thing. . . . It would be a useful addition in any scientific library.”—Helen Ashton Emerald Journal"Volcanoes of the World compiles and lists all of earth's eruptions into one primary scientific source. It is a fundamental research tool and the last word on many issues. There is nothing else like it."—William I. Rose, Michigan Technological University
"Volcanoes of the World stands alone. To my knowledge (as a practicing volcanologist for more than 4 decades), there are no competing works in the scientific literature comparable in purpose, scope, and scholarship."—Robert Tilling, Volcano Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
Table of Contents
Preface
DATA CRITERIA AND CONTEXT
INTRODUCTION
Previous Summaries
Sources
Years Covered
Maps and Regional Numbering Scheme
DATA TABLE SUMMARIES
Directory
Chronology
Large-Volume Holocene Eruptions
Fatalities and Evacuations
Preliminary List of Pleistocene Volcanoes
Preliminary List of Large-Volume Pleistocene Eruptions
Gazetteer
References
VOLCANO DATA
Volcano Name
Subregion
Latitude and Longitude
Elevation
Population
Rock Type
Type (Morphology)
Volcano Number
Status
ERUPTION DATA
Area of Activity
Dates: Start and Stop
Uncertainties
Dating Techniques
Duration
Eruptive Characteristics
Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI)
Volume of Products (Vol L/T)
HISTORICAL RECORD: TRENDS AND CAUTIONS
Volcanoes and Humans
Volcanoes and Aircraft
Volcanic Processes
Volcanism: Magnitude, Frequency, and Global Impacts
Durations and Paroyxyms
Episodicity and Periodicity
Intervals between Eruptions and Associated Hazard Implications
Conclusions
References
DIRECTORY OF VOLCANOES
Europe to Caucasus (01)
Africa & Red Sea (02)
Middle East & Indian Ocean (03)
New Zealand to Fiji (04)
Melanesia & Australia (05)
Indonesia & Andaman Is (06)
Philippines & SE Asia (07)
Japan, Taiwan & Marianas (08)
Kuriles, Kamchatka & Mainland Asia (09 &10)
Alaska (11)
Canada & Western USA (12)
Pacific Ocean (13)
México & Central America (14)
South America (15)
West Indies (16)
Iceland & Arctic Ocean (17)
Atlantic Ocean (18)
Antarctica & S Sandwich Islands (19)
CHRONOLOGY OF ERUPTIONS
LARGE-VOLUME HOLOCENE ERUPTIONS
Explosive Eruptions
Effusive Eruptions
FATALITIES AND EVACUATIONS
Fatalities
Evacuations
PRELIMINARY LIST Of PLEISTOCENE VOLCANOES
PRELIMINARY LIST Of LARGE-VOLUME PLEISTOCENE ERUPTIONS
COLOR PHOTO SECTION
GAZETTER
REFERENCES