Volcano Cowboys
The Rocky Evolution of a Dangerous Science
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Word Count
84,000 words, Guess
Page Count
336 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivevolcanocowboysro0000thom
- ISBN-100312208812
- ISBN-139780312208813
- Goodreads1513091
- Library of Congress Control Number00026158
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780312208813
- Open LibraryOL9420412M
Classifications
- LCCQE521 .T48 2000
- LCCQE521.T48 2000
Description
Explores the sometimes deadly science of volcanology, showing how the discipline has evolved since the Mount St. Helen's eruption, and describing the dangerous conditions under which its researchers work.
First Sentence
Just below the timberline, where the snowfields stopped and the forest began, at an altitude of forty-five hundred feet on the north flank of Mount St. Helens, Rick hoblitt laid down his cantankerous rock drill and his overstuffed backpack.
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- Volcano Cowboys: The Rocky Evolution of a Dangerous Science
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