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55 pages
illustrations (chiefly colour), maps
Contents include: What is a volcano? -- Where do volcanoes occur? -- Mount Saint Helens -- Studying volcanoes -- Magma -- Volcanic hazards -- Pyroclasts -- Ash and eruption columns -- Paricutin -- Mount Pinatubo -- Iceland 2010 -- Pyroclastic flows -- Vesuvius -- Mount Pelee -- Lahars, landslides, and floods -- The Armero lahar -- Giant eruptions -- Yellowstone Volcano Observatory -- Krakatau -- Mount Tambora -- Rescue and aid -- Fighting against volcanoes, Heimaey
Library of natural disasters