Contents


Preface

This book discusses the behavior of several volcanoes worldwide. It refers to those volcanoes that are quiescent and/or active and that can transform the lives of those that live around them when they erupt. The development and application of new approaches and technologies will provide new visions about how volcanoes work so

The authors who collaborated on this project have summarized their experience and present advances related to the assessment of hazards and risks associated with volcanic parameters. The book contains five chapters that cover important research aspects of hazardous volcanology. The first chapter is an introductory chapter prepared by the editor and looks at the present state of the art of volcanology with suggestions for the future of volcanic structures and the ability to forecast volcanic

The next chapter presents the Jos and Biu Plateaux volcanic provinces occupying the northeastern half of Nigeria, bordering the Cameroon Volcanic Line, which has a conspicuously visible number of dormant volcanoes with no reported activity. The several incidences of volcanic eruptions along and close to the Cameroon Volcanic Line are pointers to the possible reactivation of any of the dormant volcanoes in

Chapter 3 presents experience of Deccan volcanism at 65 Ma when it moved over the Réunion hotspot, which altered lithospheric structures below the Kachchh rift zone. To quantify the influence of Deccan volcanism on the crust-mantle, this kind of study is very important to evaluate the difference between the components

Sang Koo Hwang illustrates the evolution of the Guamsan caldera associated with the Guamsan Tuff and rhyolitic intrusions in Chapter 4 and explains the evolution

In Chapter 5, Leonel Vega, on the other hand, puts forward a new methodology for the case of volcanic risk computation. Most of the scientific, technical, and economic effort has been oriented towards the evaluation of threats, with a number of methodological considerations for assessing vulnerability and much less risk, so

The final chapter by the editor Angelo Paone studies the volcanic evolution, haz-

The editor expresses his thanks to all the participants for their valuable contributions and to Ms. Nina Kalinic Babic for her assistance in finalizing the book.

that a novel volcanic model can be built.

participating in the formation of such magmas.

that integral volcanic risk can be computed.

ards, and risks of the Somma-Vesuvius volcano.

and formation of such caldera.

eruptions.

Nigeria.
