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Melting the earth: the history of ideas on volcanic eruptions/ Haraldur Sigurdsson

By: Sigurdsson, HaraldurMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999Description: ix, 260 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cmISBN: 9780195106657Subject(s): Volcanism | VolcanoesDDC classification: 551.21

Contents:

The heat below -- From the Stone Age to volcano myths -- The Bronze Age eruption of Thera and lost Atlantis -- Subterranean wind and internal combustion -- The Plinian eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 -- The chimneys of Hell -- Renaissance and Earth science -- Burning mountains and cooling stars -- Columnar basalt and the Neptunists -- The first field volcanologists -- Baron Münchausen in the volcano -- Chemical reactions as the source of heat in the Earth -- From fluid to solid Earth -- The melting by decrease in pressure -- Radioactive heat and convection -- Source of magmas.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	551.21 SIG/M (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P03452

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The heat below --
From the Stone Age to volcano myths --
The Bronze Age eruption of Thera and lost Atlantis --
Subterranean wind and internal combustion --
The Plinian eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 --
The chimneys of Hell --
Renaissance and Earth science --
Burning mountains and cooling stars --
Columnar basalt and the Neptunists --
The first field volcanologists --
Baron Münchausen in the volcano --
Chemical reactions as the source of heat in the Earth --
From fluid to solid Earth --
The melting by decrease in pressure --
Radioactive heat and convection --
Source of magmas.

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