General Audiences  

Bullard F M (1984) Volcanoes of the Earth, 2nd revised edition.  Austin, UT Press, 629p

Decker R W, Decker B B (1991) Mountains of Fire. Cambridge University Press, 198p 

Decker, R W, Decker, B B (1997) Volcanoes. 3rd edn., W. H. Freeman & Co., New York

Fisher, R V  (1999) Out of the Crater.  Princeton Univ. Press.

Fisher, R V, Heiken, G, & Hulen, J B (1997) Volcanoes: Crucibles of Change. Princeton Univ. Press.

Harris S L (1988)  Fire Mountains of the West: the Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes.  Missoula, Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Co., 379p.

Krafft M (1993) Volcanoes. Fire from the Earth.  New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 207p

Macdonald G A (1972) Volcanoes. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 510p

Macdonald G A, Abbott A T, Peterson F L (1983) Volcanoes in the Sea, 2nd edition.  Honolulu, Univ Hawaii Press, 517p

Thompson R (2000) Volcano Cowboys: The Rocky Evolution of a Dangerous Science.  Arlington, Time Magazine press, 326 p.

Tilling R I (1987)  Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes: Past, Present, and Future. US Geol Survey General Interest Publication, 54p 

Van Rose S, Mercer I F (1991) Volcanoes, 2nd edition.  London, British Museum (Natural History), 60p. 

Wright T L et al. (1992) Hawaii Volcano Watch: A Pictorial History, 1779-1991. Honolulu, Univ Hawaii Press, 162p

For Technically Trained Readers:

Axelrod D I (1981)  Role of volcanism in climate and evolution.  Geol. Soc. America Special Paper 185, 59p.

Ballard R D, Moore J G (1977) Photographic atlas of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Rift Valley.  New York, Springer-Verlag, 114p

Bardintzeff J-M, McBirney, A R (2000) Volcanology (2^nd edn).  Sudbury, Mass., Jones & Bartlett, 268 p

Carr M H, Greeley R (1980) Volcanic features of Hawaii: a basis for comparison with Mars.  NASA SP-403  

Cas R A F, Wright J V (1987) Volcanic Successions: Modern and Ancient. London, Allen & Unwin,  528p  

Dana J D (1891) Characteristics of Volcanoes. New York, Dodd, Mead & Co., 399p

Darwin C (1897) Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America Visited During the Voyage of HMS Beagle, 3rd edition.  New York,

Fisher R V, Schmincke H-U (1984)  Pyroclastic Rocks. Berlin, Springer-Verlag,  472p 

Fisher R V, Smith G A, eds. (1991) Sedimentation in volcanic settings. SEPM Special Publication 45 

Francis P (1993) Volcanoes: A Planetary Perspective. Oxford University Press, 443p

Gasparini P et al, eds. (1992) Volcanic Seismology.  IAVCEI Proceedings in Volcanology 3.  Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 572p.

Green J, Short N M (1971) Volcanic Landforms and Surface Features. A Photographic Atlas and Glossary.  New York, Springer-Verlag, 519p

Heiken G (1976)  Catalogue of satellite photography of the active volcanoes of the world.  Los Alamos, LA-6279-MS, 25p

Heiken G, Wohletz K (1985)  Volcanic Ash.  Berkeley, Univ California Press, 246p. 

Kilburn C R J, Luongo G, eds. (1993) Active Lavas: Monitoring and Modelling.  London, UCL Press Ltd, 384p

LeMasurier W E, Thomson J W, eds. (1990) Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans Washington DC, American Geophysical Union, Antarctic Research Series, v. 48, 487p.   

Luhr J F, Simkin T, eds. (1993) Paricutin. The Volcano Born in a Mexican Cornfield. Phoenix,AZ, Geoscience Press, 427p

McPhie J, Doyle M, Allen R. (1993) Volcanic Textures: A Guide to the Interpretation of Textures in Volcanic Rocks.  Hobart, Tasmania, CODES, Univ. of Tasmania, 196 p.

Newhall C G, Dzurisin D (1988) Historical Unrest at Large Calderas of the World. US Geol Survey Bulletin 1855, 1108p  

Ollier C (1969)  Volcanoes.  Cambridge, MIT Press, 177p

Perret F A (1950) Volcanological observations. Washington, DC, Carnegie Institution Publication 549, 162p

Rittmann A (1962) Volcanoes and their activity.  New York, John Wiley and Sons, 305p.

Sigurdsson, H. (1999) Melting the Earth: the History of Ideas on Volcanic Eruptions. New York, Oxford Univ. Press.

Sigurdsson H., ed. (2000) Encyclopedia of Volcanoes. London, Academic Press, 1417 p.

de Silva S,  Francis P W (1991)  Volcanoes of the Central Andes. Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 216p.

Simkin T, Fiske R S (1983) Krakatau, 1883: the volcanic eruption and its effects. Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 464p

Simkin T et al. (1981) Volcanoes of the world: a regional directory, gazeteer, and chronology of volcanism during the last 10,000 years. Stroudbsburg, PA, Hutchinson Ross Publishing Co., 233p

Simkin, T, Siebert, L (1994) Volcanoes of the World, 2nd edn.  Geoscience Press, Tucson, Arizona.

Tilley C E (1961)  Hawaiian Volcanoes.

Williams H, McBirney A R (1979) Volcanology.  San Francisco, Freeman, Cooper and Co., 397p. 

Wood C A, Kienle J, eds. (1990) Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 354p

Volcanic Hazards:

Blaikie P et al. (1994) At risk: natural hazards, people's vulnerability, and disasters.  London, Routledge, 284 p.

Blong R J (1984) Volcanic hazards: A sourcebook on the effects of eruptions. Orlando, FL, Academic Press, 424p

Casadevall T J, editor (1994) Volcanic ash and aviation safety: proceedings of the First International Symposium on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety.  US Geol Survey Bulletin 2047, 450p.

Chester D (1993) Volcanoes and Society.  London, Edward Arnold, 351p

Crandell D R et al. (1984) Source-book for volcanic-hazards zonation.  Paris, UNESCO, 97p 

Fink J H, ed, (1990) Lava flows and domes. Emplacement mechanisms and hazard implications.  Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 249p

Johnson RW (1993) Volcanic Eruptions and Atmospheric Change

Latter J H, ed. (1989) Volcanic hazards: assessment and monitoring. IAVCEI Proceedings in Volcanology 1.  Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 625p

Lipman P W, Mullineaux, D R, eds. (1982) The 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens, Washington. US Geol Survey Prof. Paper 1250, 844p.

National Research Council, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources (2000) Review of the U. S. Geological Surveys Volcanic Hazards Program.  Washington, D.C., National Academy Press, 138 p

Saarinen T F, Sell J L (1985) Warning and Response to the Mount St. Helens Eruption.  Albany, State University of New York Press, 240p

Sheets P D, Grayson D, eds. (1979) Volcanic activity and human ecology. London, Academic Press, 672p

Tazieff H, Sabroux J C, eds., (1983) Forecasting Volcanic Events.  Amsterdam, Elsevier, 635p

Tiedemann H (1992) Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions: A Handbook on Risk Assessment.   Zurich, Swiss Reinsurance Co., 951p

Tilling R I, ed. (1989) Volcanic Hazards. 28th International Geological Congress, Short Course in Geology, V. 1.Washington, DC, American Geophysical Union 

Wright, T L, Pierson, T C, (1992) Living with Volcanoes: The U.S. Geological Surveys Volcano Hazards Program.  USGS Circular 1073

Volcanoes and Resources

Barrett, T J, Jambor J L, eds. (1988) Seafloor hydrothermal mineralization.  Can. Mineralogist, v. 26, p. 429-888.

Barrie, C T, Hannington, M D, eds. (1999) Volcanic-associated Massive Sulfide Deposits:  Processes and Examples in Modern and Ancient Settings:  Soc. Econ. Geol., Reviews v. 8

Cox, D P, Singer, D, eds. (1986) Mineral Deposits Models: U. S. Geol. Surv., Bull. 1693, 379 p.

Elston, W E, Plumlee, G S, eds. (1994) A Special Issue on Volcanic Centers as Targets for Mineral Exploration: Econ. Geol., v. 89, no. 8, p. 1661-2014.

Jones, M J, ed. (1977) Volcanic processes in ore genesis:  Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Publ. 7, 188 p.

Kirkham, R V, Sinclair, W D, Thorpe, R I, Duke, J M, eds. (1993) Mineral Deposit Modeling:  Geol. Assoc. Canada, Spec. Paper 40, 770 p.

Large, R R, ed. (1992) A Special Issue Devoted to Australian Volcanic-hosted Massive Sulfide (VHMS) Deposits and their Volcanic Environment: Econ. Geol., v. 87, no. 3, p. 469-959.

Roberts, R G, Sheahan, P A, eds. (1988) Ore Deposits Models: Geosci. Can., Reprint Series 3, 194 p.

Rona, P A, Bostrom K, Laubier, L, Smith, K L, Jr., 1983, Hydrothermal processes at seafloor spreading centers.  New York, Plenum Press, 796 p. 

Sawkins, F J, Sillitoe, R H, eds. (1985) A Special Issue Devoted to Ore-hosted Breccias: Econ. Geol., v. 80, no. 6, p. 1465-1735.

Sheahan, P A, Cherry, M E, eds. (1993) Ore Deposits Models (v. II): Geosci. Can., Reprint Series 6, 154 p.

Wohletz K, Heiken G (1992) Volcanology and geothermal energy.  Berkeley and Los Angeles, Univ California Press, 432p

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