Volcano Cowboys
Subtitle: The Rocky Evolution of a Dangerous Science
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: January 18, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780312286682
Subjects: Earth Sciences - Geology; Earthquakes & Volcanoes; Geophysics; Science / Environmental Science; Environmental Science; Science; Nature/Ecology
First sentence: Just below the timberline, where the snowfields stopped and the forests began, at an altitude of forty-five hundred feet on the north flank of Mount St. Helens, Rick Hoblitt laid down his cantankerous rock drill and his overstuffed backpack.