Flavio Dobran, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor of Engineering and Earth Sciences.
Cover:
Image from computer simulation of a large-scale volcanic eruption at 150 seconds after the eruption. The column oscillates between a plinian column tending to transport the material high into the atmosphere and collapsing column tending to produce on the ground hugging inward and outward moving pyroclastic flows and surges.
Dr. Dobran is to be congratulated on having covered the basic physics of
virtually all aspects of volcanology in so much detail. This will be an
invaluable reference work for established scientists in volcanology and
provide an excellent starting point for new researchers wishing to become
familiar with the quantitative aspects of this field.
Lionel Wilson, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Lancaster, UK
In this interesting, original, and ambitious textbook, the author captures
all mechanico-physico-chemical phenomena leading to volcanic eruptions. The
book is self-contained; all terms, expressions, and mathematical formulas
are clearly explained; contains many examples pertaining to the subject
matter; and the treatment, although aimed at advanced undergraduate and
first-year graduate students, is up-to-date and full of useful data. This
book will also be very useful to specialists in geology, geophysics, and
volcanology. I recommend it highly.
Prof. Gerard Maugin, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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