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" Volcanoes : "
Timothy Kusky
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BL
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| Record Number
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700800
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b522989
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| Main Entry
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Kusky, Timothy M
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| Title & Author
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Volcanoes : : eruptions and other volcanic hazards /\ Timothy Kusky
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Facts On File,, [2008]
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, ©2008
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| Series Statement
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The hazardous earth
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xvii, 152 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0816064636 (hc : acid-free, recycled paper)
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: 9780816064632 (hc : acid-free, recycled paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-141) and index
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| Contents
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Plate tectonics, volcanoes, and igneous rocks -- Volcanic hazards -- Reducing the threat from volcanic hazards -- Examples of historical volcanic disasters -- Examples of volcanic disasters of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries -- Massive global volcanism, volcanic winters, and kimberlite eruptions -- Mass extinctions and catastrophes
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Volcanoes
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| Dewey Classification
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551.21
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| LC Classification
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QE522.K87 2008
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