Volcano Instability on the Earth and Other Planets

by W.C. McGuire and Bill McGuire

A study which reveals active volcanoes to be dynamically evolving structures, the growth and development of which are punctuated by episodes of instability and subsequent structural failure. Edifice failure and consequent debris avalanche formation appears to occur, on average, at least four times a century, and similar behaviour is known to have occured at volcanoes on Mars and Venus. The book claims that hazard-mitigation strategies must now address...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897799608
• ISBN13: 9781897799604
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Geological Society of America
• Length: 388 Pages