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)…”

Apocalypse a natural history of global disasters by McGuire, Bill 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Waiting for Armageddon -- Fire and ice: the volcanic winter -- Wave goodbye: death by water -- Shake, rattle and roll: the great quake to come -- God's anvil: hell on earth…”

Archaeology and geoinformatics case studies from the Caribbean /

Table of Contents: “…Leech -- The use of imagery to locate Taino sites in Jamaica in a GIS environment / Parris Lyew-Ayee and Ivor Conolley -- Geophysics and the search for Raleigh's outpost on Trinidad / Eric Klingelhofer -- Geophysics and volcanic islands : resistivity and gradiometry on St. …”
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Natural history of the Pulau Tioman group of islands

Table of Contents: “…Reminiscence on a Dragon Island - A Research History of the Tioman Group of Islands -- Petrology and Geochemistry of the Plutonic Igneous Rock from Tioman Island -- Volcanic Rock from the Tioman Island : Geochemistry and Petrography -- The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Tioman Group of Islands -- Marine Algae of Pulau Tioman, East Coast Peninsular Malaysia -- Sponges of Tioman and their Actinomycete Inhabitants -- An Updated Checklist of Mosses from Pulau Tioman -- Scleractinian Coral Diversity of Kg Tekek, Pulau Tioman Marine Park -- Species Identification and Distribution of Holothuroids in Several Locations of Tioman Island -- Coral Reef Fishes of Pulau Tioman Marine Park -- Geotourism and Conservation Geology of Tioman Island -- Tourist Carrying Capacity on Pulau Tioman : an Ecological and Social Perspective -- The Effects of Development on the Coral Reef Ecosystem of Tioman Island -- Community-based Sustainable Eco-tourism efforts in Pulau Tioman -- Mapping, Monitoring and Managing Forest and Future Marine Resources of Pulau Tioman, Pahang using Remote Sensing / GIS Technology -- Civil Society Participation in Environmental Planning and Decision Making towards Environmental Protection in Tioman Island -- Review of the Institutional Framework for the Management of Marine Parks in Peninsular Malaysia -- The Terrestrial Flora of Pulau Tioman -- Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC) Project : The Status of the Coral Reefs of Pulau Tioman -- Macroinvertebrate Diversity of Kg Tekek, Pulau Tioman Marine Park…”

Venomous earth how arsenic caused the world's worst mass poisoning by Meharg, Andrew A.

A disastrous history of the world chronicles of war, earthquake, plague and flood by Withington, John 1947-

Groundwater in fractured rocks selected papers from the Groundwater in Fractured Rocks International Conference, Prague, 2003 /

Table of Contents: “…[et al.] -- New analysis of pump tests in fractured aquifers / Gerard Lods and Philippe Gouze -- Estimating groundwater flow rates in fractured metasediments : Clare Valley, South Australia / Andrew Love ... …”
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Essentials of oceanography by Garrison, Tom 1942-

Table of Contents: “…-- Our Solar System's Outer Moons -- Mars -- Titan -- Insight from a National Geographic Explorer 1.1 -- Extrasolar Planets -- Life and Oceans? -- Questions from Students -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Chapter in Perspective -- Study Questions -- Global Environment Watch -- 2.A History of Marine Science -- 2.1.Understanding the Ocean Began with Voyaging for Trade and Exploration -- Early Peoples Traveled the Ocean for Economic Reasons -- Systematic Study of the Ocean Began at the Library of Alexandria -- Eratosthenes Accurately Calculated the Size and Shape of Earth -- A Closer Look 2.1 Latitude and Longitude -- 2.2.Seafaring Expanded Human Horizons -- 2.3.The Chinese Undertook Organized Voyages of Discovery -- 2.4.Prince Henry Launched the Age of European Discovery -- Insight from a National Geographic Explorer 2.1 -- 2.5.Voyaging Combined with Science to Advance Ocean Studies -- Captain James Cook Was the First Marine Scientist -- Accurate Determination of Longitude Was the Key to Oceanic Exploration and Mapping -- Matthew Maury Discovered Worldwide Patterns of Winds and Ocean Currents -- The Challenger Expedition Was Organized from the First as a Scientific Expedition -- 2.6.Contemporary Oceanography Makes Use of Modern Technology -- New Ships for New Tasks -- Oceanographic Institutions Arose to Oversee Complex Research Projects -- Robot Devices Are Becoming More Capable -- Satellites Have Become Important Tools in Ocean Exploration -- Questions from Students -- Chapter in Perspective -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Study Questions -- Global Environment Watch -- 3.Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics -- 3.1.Pieces of Earth's Surface Look Like They Once Fit Together -- 3.2.Earth's Interior Is Layered -- A Closer Look 3.1 How Deep in the Earth Have People Gone? …”