Communicating Information on Eruptions and Their Impacts from the Earliest Times Until the Late Twentieth Century

• Main Authors: Chester, David K., Duncan, Angus M., Coutinho, Rui, Wallenstein, N, Branca, S
• Other Authors: Bird, D, Fearnley, C, Haynes, K, Jolly, G, McGuire, B
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2017
• Subjects: New Zealand; Siebert; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/1925/; http://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/1925/1/Chesteretal.pdf; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/11157_2016_30

Volcanoes hold a fascination for human beings and, before they were recorded by literate observers, eruptions were portrayed in art, were recalled in legends and became incorporated into religious practices: being viewed as agents of punishment, bounty or intimidation depending upon their state of a...