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Author Rusch, Elizabeth.

Title Eruption! : volcanoes and the science of saving lives / text by Elizabeth Rusch ; photographs by Tom Uhlman.

Imprint Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS Non-Fiction  363.3 RUSCH    ---  Available
Description 76 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Series Scientists in the field
Scientists in the field.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 75) and index.
Contents Sleeping giant -- Never again -- Mount Pinatubo -- To evacuate or not to evacuate? -- Volcano training camp -- How do you watch a volcano you can't see? -- Mount Merapi's next move -- The mystery of the missing ash -- What happened here? -- Living and working in the shadow of a volcano -- Volcanic vocabulary.
Summary An account of the work of volcanologists Andy Lockhart, John Pallister, and their team describes their life-risking efforts to investigate dangerous volcanoes that pose threats to more than one billion people worldwide.
Study Program AR RL 6.9 3.0 158671 PCMS
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject Volcanic eruptions -- Juvenile literature.
Volcanic eruptions.
Added Author Uhlman, Tom. Photographer.
ISBN 0547503504 (hbk.)
9780547503509 (hbk.)

 
    
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