Buch, Englisch, 355 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 896 g
Revealing the Geological Secrets of the Central Northern Atlantic Islands
Buch, Englisch, 355 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 896 g
Reihe: Active Volcanoes of the World
ISBN: 978-3-642-32225-9
Verlag: Springer
Description of the top three outcrops on each of the nine Azores islands
Includes a chapter on "Volcanoes and Society", which is of great use for everyone working in hazard management in a comparable geological setting
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Weitere Infos & Material
Geology.- Ages of the Azores volcanoes.- Tectonic Evolution.- Formation of rift zones and calderas of the Azorean islands.- Stratigraphy of the Azores volcanoes.- Azores Eruption styles.- The top three outcrops per island.- Pyroclastic density currents.- Paleontology.- “Santa Maria”.- Geochemistry and Petrology.- Petrology of Azorean lavas.- Mantle sources radiogenic isotopes and trace elements.- Stable non-traditional isotopes.- Distribution of volatiles.- Peridotites in the Azores.- Geophyics.- Constraining the plate boundaries in the Azores.- Historic earthquakes and present-day activity.- Shallow geophysics.- Deep geophysics.- Tomographie.- Biogeochemistry, Fluids, Seeps.- Freshwater in the Azores.- Degassing in the Azores (subaerial and submarine).- Biodiversity around active submarine volcanoes.- Volcanoes and Society.- Hazard assessment.- Monitoring techniques.