Beyond gloom and doom: The long-term consequences of volcanic disasters

Living Under the Shadow: Cultural Impacts of Volcanic Eruptions

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-18

  Grattan, John ^a   Torrence, Robin ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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