Born of Fire: Volcanoes and Igneous Rocks (EARTH PROCESSES BOOKS)
Language: English
Published by Enslow Pub Inc, 1991
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- Title
- Born of Fire: Volcanoes and Igneous Rocks (EARTH PROCESSES BOOKS)
- Author
- Tilling, Robert
- Publisher
- Enslow Pub Inc
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0894901516
- ISBN 13
- 9780894901515
Discusses different kinds of volcanoes, their causes, and the various igneous rocks which they produce.
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Grade 5 Up-- A quick, up-to-date overview of volcanology. A brief history covers the 1,300 eruptions during the past 10,000 years with a list of the worst disasters since a.d. 1000. The various types of eruptions are spelled out with information about the effects of each. Special hazards of deadly gas pockets, tsunamis, and the social disruption caused by destruction of habitat are discussed. The terminology is professional and solid. Topics addressed include plate tectonics; transform faults and subduction zones are introduced with definitions, examples, and black-and-white illustrations. The writing is a careful mix of a scientist's accuracy and a historian's concern for a good story. --Elizabeth Morrissett, Alaska State Library, Juneau
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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