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Krakatau, 1883 ; the volcanic eruption and its effects / [edited by] Tom Simkin and Richard S. Fiske ; with the collaboration of Sarah Melcher and Elizabeth Nielsen

Published
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983.
Physical Description
464 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, maps ; 29 cm
Additional Creators
Simkin, Tom and Fiske, Richard S.

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Contents
Preface: Reason(s) for book; procedures; acknowledgments -- 1: Introduction -- Eruption and its importance -- Editorial conventions -- Krakatau in 1883: historical and volcanological context -- Maps -- Chronology -- Notes and references -- 2: Narrative Descriptions: The Eyewitness Accounts -- May-toAugust, 1883 -- August 26-27: the paroxysm -- Java coast -- Sumatra coast -- Straits of Sunda (ships' accounts) -- Batavia and inland Java -- Aftermath; accounts of early visitors to devastated areas -- Java coast -- Sumatra coast -- Straits of Sunda (ships and expeditions) -- Distant descriptions -- Sounds -- Waves -- Volcanic ashfall and floating pumice -- Sunsets and other atmospheric effects -- Media coverage -- Notes and references -- 3: Verbeek's Monograph Of 1885 (First Translation To English) -- Chromolithograph tour seven weeks after the eruption -- Foreword to monograph -- Chronologic narrative -- Krakatau before May, 1883 -- Eruption of May to August 26 -- Paroxysm of August 26-28, and later eruptions -- Discussion -- Causes and theoretical basis of eruptions -- Earthquakes of 1883 -- Ejecta of 1883: volumes and atmospheric effects -- Geology of Krakatau -- Regional geology -- Macroscopic and microscopic petrography of Krakatau -- Chemical compositions of Krakatau rocks -- Meteorological and magnetic phenomena -- Movements of the air -- Collapse volumes -- Movements of the sea -- Volcanic and seismic activity beyond Krakatau in 1883-4 -- Notes and references -- Biography of R D M Verbeek / Ir C Blotwyk -- 4: Scientific Accounts: The Phenomena Interpreted -- Geology -- AD 1680 eruption of Krakatau (Van den Berg, 1884) -- Pumice from Krakatau (Iddings, 1884) -- Volcanic ash from Krakatau (Joly, 1885) -- Volcanic phenomena of the eruption (Judd, 1888) -- Legend of AD 416 eruption chronicle (Judd, 1889) -- Explanation of the 1883 eruption-engulfment hypothesis (Dana, 1890) -- Rockfalls on Krakatu's cliff: the pseudo-eruptions (Cool, 1908) -- Geology and volcanism of the Krakatu group (Stehn, 1929) -- 1883 eruption -- Birth of Anak Krakatu -- 1939 eruption of Anak Krakatu (Neumann van Padang, 1963) -- Calderas of the Krakatau type (Williams, 1941) -- 1883 eruption of Krakatu (self and Rampino, 1981) -- Most recent activity (SEAN bulletin, 1981) -- Development of Anak Krakatau (Sudradjat, 1982) -- Waves: air and sea -- Explosive air waves and sounds (Strachey, 1888) -- Sea waves; the devastating tsunami (Wharton, 1888) -- Air waves producing distant sea waves (Press and Harkrider, 1966) -- Nearby sea wave travel patterns (Yokoyama, 1981) -- Sea wave reinterpretation based on explosive air wave record (Latter, 1981) -- Atmospheric effects: sunsets, blue/green suns; Bishop's Rings -- Extraordinary sunsets: a conversion to the volcanic hypothesis (Ranyard, 1883-1884) -- Equatorial smoke stream and blue/green sunsets (Bishop, 1884) -- Royal Society report on unusual optical phenomena (Russell and Archibald, 1888) -- Volcanic dust in the atmosphere, a modern view (Lamb, 1970) -- Additional comments on optical phenomena (Deirmendjian, 1973) -- Climatic effects: cooling under filter of airborne ejecta -- Volcanic influences on climate: an early view (Franklin, 1784) -- Krakatau's effects on climate (Abbot and Fowle, 1913) -- Krakatau compared with more recent eruptions (Mitchell, 1982) -- Biology: the return of life to biologically "new" islands -- Plants (Docters van Leeuwen, 1929) -- Animals (Dammerman, 1929) -- 5: Bibliography -- 6: Index.
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ISBN
0874748429
0874748410 (pbk.)
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography Note
Bibliography: pages 439-456.
Action Note
Rebound. 20030310. Grantville, PA 17028. Wert Bookbinding, Inc.
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