Volcanoes and the earth's interior
Subtitle: readings from Scientific American ; with introductions by Robert and Barbara Decker.
Contributors: Decker, Robert W. 1927-; Decker, Barbara, 1929-
Publisher: W.H. Freeman and Co.
Published: 1982
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Volcanoes.; Earth -- Internal structure.
Other titles: Scientific American.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [135]-137.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The subduction of the lithosphere / Toksöz; title: The crest of the East Pacific Rise / Macdonald and Luyendyk; title: Hot spots on the earth's surface / Burke and Wilson; title: The lava lakes of Kilauea / Peck, Wright, and Decker; title: Tephra / Kittleman; title: The eruptions of Mount St. Helens / Decker and Decker; title: The earth's mantle / Wyllie; title: Kimberlite Pipes / Cox; title: The chemical evolution of the earth's mantle / O'Nions, Hamilton, and Evensen; title: Yellowstone Park as a window on the earth's interior / Smith and Christiansen.