Mankind floats precariously atop an ultrathin layer of cooled crust which he confidently calls "terra firma". Reality, however, frequently rattles this false sense of security. Restless, shifting tectonic plates buckle and grind against one another lifting the surface of our planet into majestic mountain ranges and plunging it into seemingly bottomless oceanic trenches with cold indifference to our presence here.

The sciences of volcanology and seismology have accumulated an incredibly rich and complex terminology as we seek to understand these puzzling geologic phenomena. The Dictionary of Volcanology and Seismology is an exhaustive reference work in both the English and Spanish languages for earth scientists and enthusiasts worldwide. Useful appendices and acronyms.

Covers all disciplines of each field:
volcanology, seismology, igneous & metamorphic petrology, igneous geochemistry, tectonophysics, volcanic surveillance, tsunami warning, geothermal energy, earthquake engineering, magma genesis & evolution, earthquake disaster relief, plutology, fluids geochemistry, earthquake hazard mitigation, teleseismology, volcanic seismology and more…


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