Volcanic hazards and disasters in human antiquity / edited by Floyd W. McCoy and Grant Heiken.

Other author McCoy, Floyd (Floyd W.)
Other author Heiken, Grant.
Format Book
Publication InfoBoulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2000.
Descriptionvi, 99 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Volcanism--History.
Human beings--Effect of volcanic eruptions on.

SeriesSpecial paper ; 345
Special papers (Geological Society of America) 345. ^A20279
Contents Volcanic hazards from pyroclastic flow discharge into the sea: Examples from the 1883 eruption of Krakatau, Indonesia / S. Carey . . . [et al.] -- The socioeconomic consequences of the A.D. 1600 eruption of Huaynaputina, southern Peru / S. de Silva, J. Alzueta, and G. Salas -- The most recent eruptions of Hualālai volcano, Hawaií: geological evidence from the historical record / J. Kauahikaua and B. Camara -- Prehistoric "settlement crisis," environmental changes in the British Isles, and volcanic eruptions in Iceland: an exploration of plausible linkages / J.P. Grattan and D.D. Gilbertson -- The Late-Bronze age explosive eruption of Thera (Santorini), Greece: regional and local effects / F.W. McCoy and G. Heiken -- Volcanic winter in the Garden of Eden: the Toba supereruption and the late Pleistocene human population crash / M.R. Rampino and S.H. Ambrose -- Volcanism, tectonism, sedimentation, and the paleoanthropological record in the Ethiopian Rift System / G. WoldeGabriel . . . [et al.].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 99462015
ISBN0813723450

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Joyner General Stacks QE522 .V882 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold