Open AccessMontserrat's Andesite Volcano
Author(s) -
Luhr James F.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/01eo00218
Subject(s) - volcano , globe , andesite , quarter (canadian coin) , tornado , geology , history , subject (documents) , geography , seismology , archaeology , meteorology , library science , medicine , computer science , volcanic rock , ophthalmology
In the last quarter of the 20th century films and videos of volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, floods, and other extreme natural phenomena became relatively common and widely disseminated for the first time. The widespread availability of video cameras, the proliferation of news camera crews across the globe, and the dedication of a small number of professional cinematographers to these subject matters have spurred the proliferation of these films. Textbooks and still photographs had previously been the main sources of descriptive information about volcanic processes, although a few notable exceptions existed, such as the dramatic film about the Kilauea Iki eruption of 1959–1960. This was in wide circulation on U.S. college and university campuses by the mid‐1960s.