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Fire mountains of the islands : a history of volcanic eruptions and disaster management in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands / / R. Wally Johnson
Fire mountains of the islands : a history of volcanic eruptions and disaster management in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands / / R. Wally Johnson
Autore Johnson R. Wally
Pubbl/distr/stampa Canberra, : ANU Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina 363.3495095
Soggetto topico Volcanic eruptions - Soloman Islands
Volcanic eruptions - Papua New Guinea
Emergency management - Soloman Islands
Emergency management - Papua New Guinea
Soggetto non controllato emergency management
papua new guinea
solomon islands
volcanic eruptions
Caldera
Earthquake
Rabaul
ISBN 1-922144-23-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Preliminary pages; Foreword; Acknowledgements and Sources; Volcano Names and Totals; 1. Burning Islands and Dampier's Voyage: 1700; Track of the Roebuck; Near Oceania, Melanesia and Melanesians; Early Ideas about Volcanic Activity; Preview; 2. Volcano Sightings by European Navigators: 1528-1870; Saavedra, Retes and Mendaña; Schouten, Le Maire and Tasman; Carteret, Hunter, D'Entrecasteaux and ParkerWilson; European and Melanesian Viewpoints; 3. European Intruders and the 1878 Rabaul Eruption: 1870-1883; Blanche Bay and the Tolai; Miklouho-Maclay; Traders, Missionaries and a GentlemanExplorer
1878 Eruption at RabaulPowell's Voyage and a Possible Eruption 'Pulse'; Volcanological Events Elsewhere; 4. Volcanic Events of the German Era: 1884-1914; Colonial Partitioning; Ritter Island Disaster; Hahl and Sapper; Time Cluster of Eruptions; 5. Australian Colonists and the Volcanoes of Mainland New Guinea:1849-1938; First Impressions; British New Guinea and Victory Volcano; Evan R. Stanley in Papua; Australians in the Territory of New Guinea after 1920; Australians in the Territory of Papua before 1938; 6. Calderas, Ignimbrites and the1937 Eruption at Rabaul: 1914-1940
Garrison Life and VolcanoesAustralian Expedition along the Bismarck Volcanic Arc; Calderas and Ignimbrites; Eruption at Rabaul in 1937; Subsequent Investigations at Rabaul; 7. Eruptions during the Pacific Warand Postwar Recovery: 1941-1950; Fisher and Renewed Activity from Tavurvur; Kizawa and the Sulphur Creek Observatory; Eruptions at Goropu Volcano, Papua; Hiroshima, Surges and Postwar Recovery; Changing the Volcanological Leadership; 8. Disaster at Lamington: 1951-1952; Higaturu and the Orokaiva; Build-up to Catastrophe; Relief and Recovery; Seeking Explanation and Meaning; Aftermath
9. Tony Taylor and an Eruption Time Cluster: 1951-1966Eruptions of 1951-1957; Experiments in Prediction; Long Island Evacuation of 1953-1954; Bam Tragedy of 1954-1955; Evacuation of Manam and the 1956-1966 Eruptions; Tuluman 1953-1957 and the Obsidian Minersof Lou; 10. Plate Tectonics and False Alarms:1960-1972; Advances in Science and Technology; Gas Emissions from Two Highlands Volcanoes; Volcanic-Disaster Preparations at WauTownship in 1967; Evacuation from Dawson Strait in 1969; Origin of the Dawson Strait Earthquakes and a Note on Volcanic False Alarms
Tectonic Earthquakes and the End of theTaylor Era11. Cooke-Ravian and a Volcanic Resurgence: 1971-1979; New Eruption Time Cluster; Ulawun and the Threat of Cone Collapse; Long Island Disaster and Tibito Tephra; Yomba and Cook: Two 'Mystery' Volcanoes; Fatal Eruption on Karkar in 1979; 12. Eruption Alert at Rabaul Caldera:1971-1994; Crisis Build-up and Stage-2 Alert; Scientific Responses to the Caldera Unrest; Worldwide Volcanic Crises and Developments in Risk Awareness; Costs, Benefits and Crisis Decline: 1985-1994; Volcanic Alert on Simbo Island; 13. Eruptions at Rabaul: 1994-1999
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Johnson R. Wally  
Canberra, : ANU Press, 2013
Materiale a stampa
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Problems and Methods of Optimal Structural Design / N. V. Banichuk ; Translated by Vadim Komkov, translation edited by Edward J. Haug
Problems and Methods of Optimal Structural Design / N. V. Banichuk ; Translated by Vadim Komkov, translation edited by Edward J. Haug
Autore Banichuk, Nikolaĭ V.
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : Plenum, 1983
Descrizione fisica xxi, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Soggetto topico 74-XX - Mechanics of deformable solids [MSC 2020]
74E10 - Anisotropy in solid mechanics [MSC 2020]
74Pxx - Optimization problems in solid mechanics [MSC 2020]
Soggetto non controllato Calculus
Earthquake
Elasticity
Flows
Optimization
Rotation
Stability
Stress
Structural optimization
Vibrations
Wind
construction control
structural designs
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Titolo uniforme
Record Nr. UNICAMPANIA-VAN0268615
Banichuk, Nikolaĭ V.  
New York, : Plenum, 1983
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli
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Problems and Methods of Optimal Structural Design / N. V. Banichuk ; Translated by Vadim Komkov, translation edited by Edward J. Haug
Problems and Methods of Optimal Structural Design / N. V. Banichuk ; Translated by Vadim Komkov, translation edited by Edward J. Haug
Autore Banichuk, Nikolaĭ V.
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : Plenum, 1983
Descrizione fisica xxi, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Soggetto topico 74-XX - Mechanics of deformable solids [MSC 2020]
74E10 - Anisotropy in solid mechanics [MSC 2020]
74Pxx - Optimization problems in solid mechanics [MSC 2020]
Soggetto non controllato Calculus
Earthquake
Elasticity
Flows
Optimization
Rotation
Stability
Stress
Structural optimization
Vibrations
Wind
construction control
structural designs
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Titolo uniforme
Record Nr. UNICAMPANIA-VAN00268615
Banichuk, Nikolaĭ V.  
New York, : Plenum, 1983
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli
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