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Great book for upper-level undergrads and first-year grads.
Covers a huge breadth of topics in seismology, is written simply, has great diagrams from important papers ad books, and... more info

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Excellent review of eruptions and explanation of physical basis of volcanism
This the very interestingly writen book, in which physical backgrounds of the volcanic phenomena are explained very acce... more info

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There Is More Under The Earth and Sky Than Your Science, Horatio
I really enjoyed this book. It belongs in the category of intuitive knowledge, things which we know from a sense that t... more info

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A very nice introduction to the world of volcanoes
This book is a fine introduction to the science, power, and beauty of volcanoes. The text is written for the lay person... more info

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Where was his editor?
As others before me have stated, this is a well-written, engaging book, but dear me. His editor was out to lunch and his... more info

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On Shaky Ground: to the point
I have been trying to find infnormation on the New Madrid Quakes for some time and this particular book while not length... more info

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A gripping read
A friend loaned me this book, as he had shared a long hospital experience in Phoenix with Stanley Williams; both of them... more info

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Moving Art
Much of what we know about the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius - the eruption that sealed Pompeii and Herculaneum in ... more info

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Fascinating, clear, concise, and well-illustrated look at things volcanic
_Volcanoes: Crucibles of Change_ by Richard V. Fisher, Grant Heiken, and Jeffrey B. Hulen is a fascinating and very well... more info

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Of Poles and Zeros
This is an excellent introduction to modern seismic measurement systems. Basically all what you need to know is covered ... more info