Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science by Buckley, Arabella B., 1840-1929 (Arabella Burton)

“…The magician's chamber by moonlight -- Magic glasses and how to use them -- Fairy rings and how they are made -- The life-history of lichens and mosses -- The history of a lava stream -- An hour with the sun -- An evening among the stars -- Little beings from a miniature ocean -- The Dartmoor ponies -- The magician's dream of ancient days.…”
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Operations and supply chain management the core by Jacobs, F. Robert

Volcanic hazards, risks and disasters

Table of Contents: “…Global distribution of active volcanoes -- Basaltic lava flow hazard -- Impacts from volcanic ash fall -- Volcanic ash hazard and aviation risk -- Pyroclastic density current hazards and risk -- Lahars at Cotopaxi and Tungurahua Volcanoes, Ecuador: highlights from stratigraphy and observation records and related downstream hazards -- In situ volcano monitoring: present and future -- Using multiple data sets to populate probabilistic volcanic event trees -- Operational short-term volcanic hazard analysis: methods and perspectives -- Human and structural vulnerability to volcanic processes -- Cost : benefit analysis in volcanic risk -- Volcanic risks and insurance -- Extreme volcanic risks 1: Mexico City -- Extreme volcanic risks 2: Mount Fuji -- Volcanic gas and aerosol hazards from a future laki-type eruption in Iceland -- Explosive super-eruptions and potential global impacts -- Integration of European volcano infrastructure -- Integrated monitoring of Japanese volcanoes -- Integrating efforts in Latin America: Asociación Latinoamericana de Volcanologia (ALVO)…”