Mudflows Resulting From The May 18 1980 Eruption Of Mount St Helens Washington
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Author | : Virginia H. Dale |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2006-01-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0387281509 |
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens caused tragic loss of life and property, but also created a unique opportunity to study a huge disturbance of natural systems and their subsequent responses. This book synthesizes 25 years of ecological research into of volcanic activity, and shows what actually happens when a volcano erupts, what the immediate and long-term dangers are, and how life reasserts itself in the environment.
Author | : John Cummans |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Hydrology |
ISBN | : |
Describes the location and chronology of the mudflows which followed the May 18 eruption. Average velocities are presented for the mudflows in the South and North Fork Toutle Rivers, and photographs illustrate the character of the debris and mud deposits.
Author | : David Wellington Hubbell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Anabaena |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Dwight Raymond Crandell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Natural disasters |
ISBN | : |
An assessment of expectable kinds of future eruptions and their possible effects on human life and property.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robert I. Tilling |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Electronic government information |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Eric Wagner |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2020-04-20 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0295746947 |
On May 18, 1980, people all over the world watched with awe and horror as Mount St. Helens erupted. Fifty-seven people were killed and hundreds of square miles of what had been lush forests and wild rivers were to all appearances destroyed. Ecologists thought they would have to wait years, or even decades, for life to return to the mountain, but when forest scientist Jerry Franklin helicoptered into the blast area a couple of weeks after the eruption, he found small plants bursting through the ash and animals skittering over the ground. Stunned, he realized he and his colleagues had been thinking of the volcano in completely the wrong way. Rather than being a dead zone, the mountain was very much alive. Mount St. Helens has been surprising ecologists ever since, and in After the Blast Eric Wagner takes readers on a fascinating journey through the blast area and beyond. From fireweed to elk, the plants and animals Franklin saw would not just change how ecologists approached the eruption and its landscape, but also prompt them to think in new ways about how life responds in the face of seemingly total devastation.
Author | : Patricia Erfurt-Cooper |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2014-08-09 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 364216191X |
This comprehensive book addresses the pressing need for up-to-date literature on volcanic destinations (active and dormant) and their role in tourism worldwide in chapters and case studies. The book presents a balanced view about the volcano-based tourism sector worldwide and discusses important issues such as the different volcanic hazards, potential for disasters and accidents and safety recommendations for visitors. Individual chapters and case studies are contributed by a number of internationally based co-authors, with expertise in geology, risk management, environmental science and other relevant disciplines associated with volcanoes. Also covered are risk aspects of volcano tourism such as risk perception, risk management and public safety in volcanic environments. Discussions of the demand for volcano tourism, including geotourism and adventure tourism as well as some historical facts related to volcanoes, with case studies of interesting socio-cultural settings are included.
Author | : Steve Olson |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-03-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0393353583 |
A riveting history of the Mount St. Helens eruption that will "long stand as a classic of descriptive narrative" (Simon Winchester). For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, and nearby residents listened anxiously to rumblings from Mount St. Helens in southwestern Washington State. Still, no one was prepared when a cataclysmic eruption blew the top off of the mountain, laying waste to hundreds of square miles of land and killing fifty-seven people. Steve Olson interweaves vivid personal stories with the history, science, and economic forces that influenced the fates and futures of those around the volcano. Eruption delivers a spellbinding narrative of an event that changed the course of volcanic science, and an epic tale of our fraught relationship with the natural world.
Author | : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2017-07-24 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309454158 |
Volcanic eruptions are common, with more than 50 volcanic eruptions in the United States alone in the past 31 years. These eruptions can have devastating economic and social consequences, even at great distances from the volcano. Fortunately many eruptions are preceded by unrest that can be detected using ground, airborne, and spaceborne instruments. Data from these instruments, combined with basic understanding of how volcanoes work, form the basis for forecasting eruptionsâ€"where, when, how big, how long, and the consequences. Accurate forecasts of the likelihood and magnitude of an eruption in a specified timeframe are rooted in a scientific understanding of the processes that govern the storage, ascent, and eruption of magma. Yet our understanding of volcanic systems is incomplete and biased by the limited number of volcanoes and eruption styles observed with advanced instrumentation. Volcanic Eruptions and Their Repose, Unrest, Precursors, and Timing identifies key science questions, research and observation priorities, and approaches for building a volcano science community capable of tackling them. This report presents goals for making major advances in volcano science.