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McCollum, Sean

Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis

80 pp. | Chelsea | September, 2007 | Library ISBN 978-0-7910-9047-3 $30.00
(4) 4-6 Scientific American series. In clear and sometimes lively prose, these books explain natural phenomena at appropriate introductory levels. Eruptions highlights plate tectonics as causal, with location of the fault or its opening determining the effect. Weather emphasizes air and water as principal weather factors. Captioned photographs and diagrams assist the text.Eruptions contains anecdotal sidebars, while sidebars in Weather include at-home experiments. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Scientific American titles: Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis and Weather, and How It Works.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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