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Author Johnson, R. W. (Robert Wallace)

Title Fire mountains of the islands : a history of volcanic eruptions and disaster management in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands / R. Wally Johnson.

Publication Info. Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2013.

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Contents Burning islands and Dampier's voyage: 1700 -- Volcano sightings by European navigators: 1528-1870 -- European intruders and the 1878 Rabaul eruption: 1870-1883 -- Volcanic events of the German era: 1884-1914 -- Australian colonists and the volcanoes of mainland New Guinea: 1849-1938 -- Calderas, ignimbrites and the 1937 eruption at Rabaul: 1914-1940 -- Eruptions during the Pacific War and postwar recovery: 1941-1950 -- Disaster at Lamington: 1951-1952 -- Tony Taylor and an eruption time cluster: 1951-1966 -- Plate tectonics and false alarms: 1960-1972 -- Cooke-Ravian and a volcanic resurgence: 1971-1979 -- Eruption alert at Rabaul caldera: 1971-1994 -- Eruptions at Rabaul: 1994-1999 -- Eruptions of the early twenty-first century: 1998-2008 -- Reassessing volcanic risk in the North-eastern Gazelle Peninsula: 2000-2012 -- Historical analysis and volcanic disaster-risk reduction.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Volcanic eruptions -- Papua New Guinea.
Volcanic eruptions -- Solomon Islands.
Emergency management -- Papua New Guinea.
Emergency management -- Solomon Islands.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Seismology & Volcanism.
Emergency management. (OCoLC)fst00908500
Volcanic eruptions. (OCoLC)fst01168816
Papua New Guinea. (OCoLC)fst01212610
Solomon Islands. (OCoLC)fst01204144
Other Form: Print version: Johnson, R.W. (R. Wally). Fire mountains of the islands. Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU E Press, 2013 9781922144225 (OCoLC)821211843
ISBN 9781922144232 (electronic bk.)
1922144231 (electronic bk.)
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