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Krakatoa
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Websites
The Earth's Crust
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/research/structure
/CrustalStructure/
Contour map that shows the thickness of Earth's crust.
Krakatau, Indonesia (1883)
www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/
Krakatau.html
Fascinating first-hand accounts of the eruption in 1883, with scientific explanations of pyroclastic flows and a painting by British artist William Ascroft.
Pacific Ring of Fire
http://geography.about.com/cs/earthquakes/a
/ringoffire.htm
Briefly explains the causes of volcanoes and earthquakes and offers a clear Pacific Ring of Fire map.
Plate tectonics and people
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/
tectonics.html#anchor24562816
Good overview of how plate tectonics affect Earth and the people that inhabit it.
Savage Earth
www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations/
hellscrust/index.html
Colourful and fun animations that reveal Earth's crust and the forces that produce the violent activity we see on the surface.
Texas scientist links famous painting to devastating volcano
www.mrp.txstate.edu/mrp/relations/news/
news176_dmn.html
Fascinating article that links Munch's The Scream to the 1883 eruption, and argues that other artists were influenced by this event, such as British painter William Ascroft and even Tennyson.
Disaster Pages of Dr George Pararas-Carayannis
www.drgeorgepc.com/
Comprehensive pages from a tsunami expert, with FAQs, diagrams, articles and publications and a wealth of information on tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes and more.
Books
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The Earth: An intimate history by Richard Fortey (HarperCollins, 2004)
Tells the geological story of planet Earth for the general reader with a guided tour around a number of geological sites with which the author is personally familiar.
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Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes edited by David Ritchie and Alexander Gates (Facts on File, 2001)
Explains the specific terms and concepts associated with the sciences of catastrophe, seismology and volcanology, and covers the places of the world where these destructive phenomena have occurred.
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Essentials of Geology: Portrait of Earth by Stephen Marshak (W W Norton, 2003)
An introduction to geology that weaves the theory of plate tectonics and the concept of Earth systems science into its narrative.
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Furious Earth: The science and nature of earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis edited by Ellen Prager (McGraw-Hill, 1999)
Brings together top scientists in the field to examine the nature of unpredictable and destructive forces, such as earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis. It provides the story and science behind these forces, from Earth's evolution and plate tectonics to disaster warnings.
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Krakatoa: The day the world exploded by Simon Winchester (Penguin, 2004)
The author uses eyewitness accounts by survivors and the limited scientific measurements of the time to describe this cataclysmic event. He also argues that orthodox Islam was totally transformed in Java following this disaster, with fundamentalism, militancy and profound hostility to non-Muslims.
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Volcanoes by Jacques Durieux and Philippe Boursellier (Harry N Abrams, 2002)
An award-winning photographer documents the power and devastating aftermath of volcanoes. The book begins with a discussion of how volcanoes have been alternately worshiped and feared by different cultures throughout history and ends with a chapter on what is currently known by science about the natural phenomena behind volcanic eruptions.
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