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- First comprehensive overview of geological features in the Azores from volcanological, geochemical, petrological, paleontological, structural and hydrological perspectives
- Description of the top three outcrops on each of the nine Azores islands
- Includes a chapter on "Volcanoes and Society", which is of great use for everyone working in hazard management in a comparable geological setting
Part of the book series: Active Volcanoes of the World (AVOLCAN)
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Book Title: Volcanoes of the Azores
Book Subtitle: Revealing the Geological Secrets of the Central Northern Atlantic Islands
Editors: Ulrich Kueppers, Christoph Beier
Series Title: Active Volcanoes of the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32226-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-32225-9Published: 08 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-58546-7Published: 20 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-32226-6Published: 22 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2195-3589
Series E-ISSN: 2195-7029
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 355
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 121 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Geochemistry, Natural Hazards, Sedimentology, Structural Geology