Communicating information on eruptions and their impacts from the earliest times until the late twentieth century

• Main Authors: Chester, DK, Duncan, A, Coutinho, R, 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://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3007028/; http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3007028/1/Chesteretal.pdf

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...