G Volcano Alert!

Type

Book

Authors

ISBN 13

9780778716280

Category

Natural Disasters [ Browse Items ]

Publication Year

2011

Publisher

Crabtree Publishing Company, Canada

URL

[ private ]

Pages

32p.

Subject

General Knowledge

Series Name

Description

This informative book has been newly revised in light of the massive eruption in Iceland in March 2010. The skies over a large part of the world were filled with volcanic ash, affecting weather and agriculture and disrupting travel for millions of people for several weeks. Some of history s greatest recorded disasters involved the spewing magma or falling ash from an erupting volcano. This book takes readers deep under the earth to the source of a volcano s power and then around the world to some of the most spectacular eruptions in history. Volcano Alert! also includes: the dangers of lava and pyroclastic surges a look at the scientific tools volcanologists use to predict and measure eruptions famous volcanoes such as Mount Etna, Mount Vesuvius, and Mount Pinatubo.

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