VOLCANO WATCHING Robert and Barbara Decker Drawings by Rick Hazlett Published by Hawaii Natural History Association ISBN 0940295164 86 pages Paperback $9.95 Available from Booklines, Hawaii
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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 KILAUEAS PUU OO ERUPTION
56 HOW ARE THINGS ON MAUNA LOA?
58 MAUNA KEAS 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 LOAS MARTIAN RELATIVES
80 VOLCANOES AROUND THE UNIVERSE
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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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