Detecting Volcanic Eruptions

Detecting Volcanic Eruptions book cover — DETECTING DISASTERS DETECTING VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS by Trudi Strain Trueit FOCUS READERS

Detecting Volcanic Eruptions — page 1 — North Star EDITIONS WWW NORTHSTAREDITIONS COM Copyright 2017 by North Star Editions Lake Elmo MN 55042 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher Produced for North Star Editions by Red Line Editorial Photographs Prof Stewart Lowther Science Source cover 1 hakutai iStockphoto 4 5 Izumi Noguchi Kyodo News AP Images 7 Kyodo News AP Images 8 Planetary Visions Ltd Science Source 10 11 Claus Lunau Science Source 12 Mason Lake Photo Shutterstock Images 15 Gary Hincks Science Source 17 Vadim Petrakov Shutterstock Images 18 19 Yulia Kuznetsova iStockphoto 21 Naeblys Shutterstock Images 23 Ficus777 Shutterstock Images 23 satellites Ted S Warren AP Images 24 25 Danny Perez AP Images 26 USGS 28 Content Consultant Eric Grosfils Minnie B Cairns Memorial Professor Geology Department Pomona College ISBN 978 1 63517 006 1 hardcover 978 1 63517 062 7 paperback 978 1 63517 168 6 ebook pdf 978 1 63517 118 1 hosted ebook Library of Congress Control Number 2016949765 Printed in the United States of America Mankato MN November 2016 ABOUT THE AUTHOR A former television weather forecaster Trudi Strain Trueit has written more than 100 fiction and nonfiction books for children Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest she enjoys hiking and photography often both at the same time

Detecting Volcanic Eruptions — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 A Force of Nature 5 CHAPTER 2 A Fiery Planet 11 CHAPTER 3 Moving Mountains 19 A CLOSER LOOK GPS Deformation Monitoring 22 CHAPTER 4 Out of Harm's Way 25 Volcanic Eruption Safety Checklist 29 Focus on Detecting Volcanic Eruptions 30 Glossary 31 To Learn More 32 Index 32

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