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02128aam a2200289 i 4500 001 A00908D8383811EFBB58162234ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240702010121 008 240608r20242024oncab b 001 0deng d 020 $a 1335080856 020 $a 9781335080851 035 $a (OCoLC)1438674253 040 $a GCmBT $b eng $e rda $c FMG $d OCLCO $d OCO $d IMT $d SILO 100 1 $a Mather, Tamsin A., $e author. 245 10 $a Adventures in volcanoland : $b what volcanoes tell us about the world and ourselves / $c Tamsin Mather. 264 1 $a Toronto, Ontario, Canada : $b Hanover Square Press, $c 2024. 300 $a 383 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 24 cm 500 $a First published in Great Britain in 2024 by Abacus. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-358) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Part one: The rocks of volcanoland and how they erupt. The molten Earth : what causes Earth's volcanoes? -- Journey to the surface of the Earth : who do volcanoes erupt in difference ways? -- Reading the rocks : how do we understand past eruptions and predict future volcanic hazards? -- Part two: The cases of volcanoland and their global effects. Breath of the Earth : what messages do volcanic gases carry from the deep? -- Volcanic winter : how can big volcanic eruptions briefly chill the planet? -- All in the balance : how do volcanoes help keep Earth's long-term climate stable? -- Part three: The reach of volcanoland through outer space and deep time. Home truths from the heavens : what is the nature of volcanism on other worlds? -- Mass extinction : did large-scale volcanism trigger past extreme environmental change? -- Epilogue. 520 $a An award-winning Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford explores the cultural role volcanoes have played in history and how they have shaped our planet and its future. 941 $a 4 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240703011443.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20240702043000.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240702030022.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20240702013048.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A00908D8383811EFBB58162234ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search