Project Gutenberg 2014-09-18 Public domain in the USA. 157 Tilling, Robert I. 1935 Tilling, R. I. (Robert I.) Volcanoes Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Volcanoes" by Robert I. Tilling is a scientific publication produced in the late 20th century. This book covers the nature, mechanisms, and hazards associated with volcanoes across the globe, illustrating their dual role as creators and destroyers within Earth's geological landscape. It serves as an informative resource about volcanic activity and its implications for both the environment and human life. The content delves into various aspects of volcanology, starting from the geological formation and characteristics of different types of volcanoes—such as cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes, and lava domes—to the types of eruptions and their behaviors. Tilling emphasizes the importance of studying volcanoes for monitoring their activity and predicting eruptions, as illustrated by historical events like the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980. The book also discusses the relationship between volcanoes and human settlements, highlighting the need for communities living near volcanoes to understand and prepare for volcanic hazards. Through a detailed examination of volcanic processes, Tilling presents an integrated view of how volcanoes shape not only the Earth’s surface but also human civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Volcanoes QE Text Browsing: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Browsing: Science - General 110044 110052 2024-09-19T14:19:17.408864 2023-09-20T10:20:00.115621 text/html text/html 103987 2014-09-18T02:30:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 3622477 2014-09-18T02:31:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 3949046 2024-09-19T14:19:22.910833 application/epub+zip 3949912 2024-09-19T14:19:19.746903 application/epub+zip 98141 2024-09-19T14:19:18.397853 application/epub+zip 3992453 2024-09-19T14:19:24.994821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3971692 2024-09-19T14:19:21.773848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126951 2022-09-21T10:15:42.433460 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77068 2024-09-19T14:19:16.846862 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77413 2014-09-18T02:30:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 28510 2014-09-18T02:31:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 77087 2014-09-18T02:31:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 28429 2014-09-18T02:31:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 77078 2014-09-18T02:31:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28405 2014-09-18T02:31:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20854 2024-09-19T14:19:25.121859 application/rdf+xml 17517 2024-09-19T14:19:18.478852 image/jpeg 3302 2024-09-19T14:19:18.436853 image/jpeg 3639438 2024-09-19T14:19:17.540879 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog