Volcanic Eruptions and Their Repose, Unrest, Precursors, and Timing

by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences

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 eruptionsa "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.

134 pages, Paperback

Published July 24, 2017

Reviews

[Katrin · Rating 4 out of 5]

i recently took an online course from the university of iceland about volcanoes and magma monitoring. this book here was our course book and i must say it was one of the best course books one could imagine. of course some information, not having studied anything in this field, is at times difficult to process, with so much physics and mathematics playing a big role. still the book is rich with illustrations, explanations etc and even for a newbie like me, who at least has academic background, this was a very good companion to the course. i'll keep the pdf for future reference and must say i'm proud i made it through this university course, being normally a linguist with no knowledge in these fields.