Volcanoes in history, in theory, in eruption. [electronic resource]

Rev. ed. published in 1976 under title: Volcanoes of the Earth.

Bibliography: p. [415]-424.

What is a volcano? -- Mythology and early speculation on volcanoes -- Volcanology becomes a science -- Classification of volcanoes -- What comes out of a volcano -- Cones, craters, and calderas -- The Pelean type of volcanic eruption -- The Vulcanian type of volcanic eruption -- The Strombolian type of volcanic eruption -- The Hawaiian type of volcanic eruption -- The Icelandic type of volcanic eruption -- Volcanic cycles -- Birth of new volcanoes -- Man's use of geothermal energy -- Volcanoes in geologic perspective -- Retrospect -- Appendix : Geologic time scale -- Glossary -- Bibliography.