| Description |
76 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 x 29 cm. |
| Series |
Scientists in the field |
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Scientists in the field.
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| 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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 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. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.9 3.0 158671. |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection |
| Subject |
Volcanic eruptions -- Juvenile literature.
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Volcanoes -- Juvenile literature.
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Volcanic eruptions.
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| Added Author |
Uhlman, Tom. Photographer.
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| ISBN |
9780547503509 hardback |
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0547503504 hardback |
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