vw2.jpg (22903 bytes)              VOLCANO WATCHING

             Robert and Barbara Decker
              Drawings by Rick Hazlett
Published by Hawaii Natural History Association
ISBN 0940295164   86 pages   Paperback $9.95

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CONTENTS

                 4   PREFACE

                  SECTION ONE   HOW VOLCANOES WORK

8   CONTINENTAL DRIFT FORMS VOLCANOES
11  HOT SPOTS
13  FORECASTING VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
17  TILT!
19  VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES
20  EXPLOSIVE VS. QUIET ERUPTIONS
22  VOLCANOES -- DEAD OR ALIVE
25  VOLCANIC LANDSCAPES
26  LAVA, ASH AND BOMBS
28  VOLCANOES AND CLIMATE
30  ORIGIN OF THE SEA AND AIR
33  HOW HOT IS LAVA?
35  THE HEAT SOURCE OF VOLCANOES
36  GEOTHERMAL POWER

     SECTION TWO   VOLCANOES IN HAWAII


40  HOW OLD ARE THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS?
43  LIFE STAGES OF HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES
44  PAHOEHOE AND AA
47  LAVA TUBES
48  IS HAWAII SINKING?
51  GEOTHERMAL POWER IN HAWAII
52  REGROWTH OF PLANTS AFTER VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
54  KILAUEA’S PUU OO ERUPTION
56  HOW ARE THINGS ON MAUNA LOA?
58  MAUNA KEA’S GLACIER
60  THE KALAPANA EARTHQUAKE -- NOVEMBER 29, 1975
63  TODAY AT THE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY

                  SECTION THREE   VOLCANOES AROUND THE UNIVERSE

66  PARICUTIN -- MEXICO'S YOUNGEST MOUNTAIN
69  MEXICO'S VOLCAN0 ARTIST
70  THE TRAGEDY AT RUIZ VOLCANO
72  PINATUBO, THE PHILIPPINES, 1991
74  THE CITY INSIDE A VOLCANO
76  ATLANTIS REVISITED
78  MAUNA LOA’S MARTIAN RELATIVES
80  VOLCANOES AROUND THE UNIVERSE

                  SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL READING

                  SUGGESTED VIDEOS

                  PHOTO CREDITS

 

From a reader's letter:
Just a note to say how much I enjoyed your book. It's absolutely fascinating, and extraordinarily well-written.  David Burrington, NBC


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