Volcanoes and human history

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-329

  Cashman, K V ^a   Giordano, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

geoanthropology; geoarchaeology; geomythology; volcanoes and culture

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; LAND USE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ACTIVE REGIONS; CATASTROPHIC EVENTS; GEOANTHROPOLOGY; GEOARCHAEOLOGY; GEOMYTHOLOGY; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMAN POPULATIONS; LOCAL CULTURES; STRATIGRAPHIC MARKERS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC HAZARDS; VOLCANOES AND CULTURE;

VOLCANOES;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NATURAL DISASTER; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

EID: 52149118686     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.01.036     Document Type: Article

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