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Turismo de Aventura em Vulcões

Título: Turismo de Aventura em Vulcões

Autor: Rosaly M.C. Lopes

Sinopse: This guide contains vital information for anyone wishing to visit, explore, and photograph active volcanoes safely and enjoyably. Following an introduction that discusses eruption styles of different types of volcanoes and how to prepare for an exploratory trip that avoids volcanic dangers, the book presents guidelines to visiting 42 different volcanoes around the world. It is filled with practical information that includes tour itineraries, maps, transportation details, and warnings of possible non-volcanic dangers. Three appendices direct the reader to a wealth of further volcano resources in a volume that will fascinate amateur enthusiasts and professional volcanologists alike. Rosaly Lopes is a planetary geology and volcanology specialist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. In addition to her curatorial and research work, she has lectured extensively in England and Brazil and written numerous popular science articles. She received a Latinas in Science Award from the Comision Feminil Mexicana Nacional in 1991 and since 1992, has been a co-organizer of the United Nations/European Space Agency/The Planetary Society yearly conferences on Basic Science for the Benefit of Developing Countries.

Editora: Oficina de Textos

Páginas: 384

Ano: 2008-01-01

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Linguagem: pt-br

ISBN: 8586238759

ISBN13: 9788586238758

Informações do Autor

Nome: Rosaly Lopes

Descrição: Astrônoma e geóloga

Biografia: Rosaly M. C. Lopes-Gautier é uma astrônoma, geóloga planetária, vulcanóloga e autora de diversos artigos científicos e livros brasileira. Suas pesquisas se concentram nos processos de superfície terrestre e planetária, com ênfase em vulcanologia.



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