Volcanoes (2^nd Ed.)

The impact of volcanic eruptions on the Earth's environment has been the source of many a debate and the cause of extensive research activities by leading academics worldwide. The new edition of Peter Francis's Volcanoes preserves the particular strengths of the orignal in its accessibility, immense clarity, engaging humour and excellent illustrations. The book updates the original by reflecting on new research findings and new eruptions (such as that on Montserrat) as well as including a new chapter on volcanic hazards, which looks at the complex and scientific and sociological issues surrounding risk mitigation. In updating the planetary perspective of the book new co-author Clive Oppenheimer provides us with an insight into studies of Mars and Jupiter. The book is designed primarily for undergraduate students across a range of disciplines including geology, Earth sciences, geography, environmental sciences and planetary sciences, yet, is an equally valuable source for volcanologists, senior scientists in other disciplines and scientifically-trained volcano enthusiasts. Online Resource Centre All the figures from the book will be available to download free from the companion web site.

1: The Basics: isotopes and green cheese, 2: Keeping planets cool: volcanoes, hot-spots, and plate tectonics, 3: Four Classic Eruptions, 4: Magma - the hot stuff, 5: Types of volcanic activity, 6: Lava Flows, 7: Pyroclastic eruptions: bubbles, bangs, fountains and plumes, 8: What goes up must come down: pyroclastic fall deposits, 9: Pyroclastic flows and igmibrites, 10: Pyroclastic flows: surges, 11: Pyroclastic flows: nuees ardentes, 12: Debris avalanches and flows: magic carpets and muck, 13: Supervolcanoes and calderas, 14: Submarine silicic eruptions, 15: Volcanoes as landscape forms, 16: Eruptions and climate, 17: Extraterrestrial volcanoes, 18: Volcano monitoring and hazard assessment, 19: Volcanic risk mitigation

The late Dr Peter Francis was Professor of Volcanology in the Department of Earth sciences at the Open University. Dr Clive Oppenheimer is a University Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.