Is this the right book for me? Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis: Teach Yourself is the essential guide to what causes the most frightening geological events with which we are faced today. It covers plate tectonics, the intricacies of each terrible phenomina, and their effects as well as the impact they have on each other, how they can be predicted and, if possible, controlled.
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Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 How the Earth moves
3 Eruptions
4 Types of volcano
5 Volcanic hazards
6 Volcanoes and climate
7 Monitoring volcanoes
8 Living with volcanoes
9 Tectonic earthquakes
10 Living with earthquakes
11 Tsunamis
Taking it further
Glossary
Index
David Rothery is a volcanologist, geologist, planetary scientist and Professor of Planetary Geosciences at the Open University.