Eruptions that shook the world/
Clive Oppenheimer.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- xvi, 392 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Fire and brimstone: how volcanoes work; 2. Eruption styles, hazards and ecosystem impacts; 3. Volcanoes and global climate change; 4. Forensic volcanology; 5. Relics, myths and chronicles; 6. Killer plumes; 7. Human origins; 8. The ash-giant/sulphur-dwarf; 9. European volcanism in prehistory; 10. The rise of Teotihuacan; 11. Dark Ages: dark nature?; 12. The Haze famine; 13. The last great subsistence crisis in the western world; 14. Volcanic catastrophe risk; Appendix A. Volcano trumps: notable eruptions of the past 10,000 years; Appendix B. Further reading
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Volcanism--Effect of environment on. Volcanism--History. Volcanology.