Volcanology & Seismology

An internationally recognized scientist shows that Earths separate continents, once together in Pangea, are again on a collision course. Youve hear...

Volcanoes are some of the most dramatic expressions of the powerful tectonic forces at work in the Earth beneath our feet. But volcanism, a profoun...

The book offers a comprehensive physical theory of the earthquakes. The presentation level is rather mathematical, but thorough physical explanatio...

In 1816, the climate went berserk. The winter brought extreme cold, and torrential rains unleashed massive flooding in Asia. Western Europe and Nor...

Volcanoes of Auckland is a handy field guide to the fiery natural world that so deeply shapes New Zealand's largest city - from Rangitoto to One Tr...

In the winter of 1811-12, a series of large earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone-often incorrectly described as the biggest ever to hit the U...

In the winter of 1811-12, a series of large earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone-often incorrectly described as the biggest ever to hit the U...

As one of the most fascinating and volatile forces on earth, volcanoes have long been the subject of worship, fear, and study. With the aid of famo...

The Earth as you''ve never seen it before. The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth, the planet we call home...

Serendipity placed David Johnston on Mount St. Helens when the volcano rumbled to life in March 1980. Throughout that ominous spring, Johnston was ...

When Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of y...

There's a reason we pay top dollar for Champagne and that bottles of wine from prestige vineyards cost as much as a car: a place's distinct geograp...

The past few decades have witnessed remarkable growth in the application of passive seismic monitoring to address a range of problems in geoscience...

In recent years there has been growing recognition that disaster risk cannot be reduced by focusing solely on physical hazards without considering ...

The first effective seismographs were built between 1879 and 1890. In 1885, E. S. Holden, an astronomer and then president of the University of Cal...

A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough''s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet...

It is a prominent geological feature that is almost impossible to see unless you know where to look. Hundreds of thousands of people drive across i...

This book discusses three major physical phenomena for active source seismology, namely underwater explosions, underground nuclear explosions, and ...

Earthquake occurrence modeling is a rapidly developing research area. This book deals with its critical issues, ranging from theoretical advances t...

It is a prominent geological feature that is almost impossible to see unless you know where to look. Hundreds of thousands of people drive across i...

Volcanoes have fascinated-and terrified-people for ages. They have destroyed cities and ended civilizations. John Dvorak, the acclaimed author of E...