Fire and Mud: Eruptions and Lahars of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (586 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0295975857 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1126 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fire and Mud is a comprehensive document of the awakening of a volcano after a 500-year sleep. Nearly half of what the eruption deposited on Pinatubo's slopes has now been eroded and dumped, in repeated rounds of terror, on villages at the foot or the volcano. Philippine authorities were able to evacuate 60,000 people from the slopes and valleys, and the American military evacuated 18,000 personnel and their dependents from Clark Air Base below the mountain -- thus saving many thousands of lives and an estimated billion dollars in property and making this the most successful case of volcanic hazards mitigation in history.In this impressive volume, volcanologists and other experts from 10 countries explore the precursors, processes, and products of the eruption, as well as record-setting erosion and lahars (volcanic mudflows) that followed. Others with a modest technical background and interest in volcanoes will find many individual essays of interest.. Its 62 technical papers tell the scientific and human stor
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"Great reference" according to Sarah. This is the go-to reference for the 1991 Pinatubo eruption. Finally caved and purchased the volume when I realized how many of the individual articles I am always trying to track down are all in one place here!. Domingo Gimeno said A great book of volcanology centered on Pinatubo eruption. Good state of conservation and excellent book, the time of arrival was shorter than initially indicated, I'm very satisfied of this adquisition