The Krakatoa Centenary Expedition

final report

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Published 1982 by University of Hull, Department ofGeography in Hull .
Written in English

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• Krakatoa Centenary Expedition

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Edition Notes

Statement	edited by J.R. Flenley and K. Richards.
Series	Miscellaneous series / University of Hull, Department of Geography -- 25
Contributions	Flenley, John R., Richards, K., University of Hull. Department ofGeography.
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL21548524M
ISBN 10	085958111X
OCLC/WorldCa	8960804

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Krakatoa Summary by Simon to the tsunamis and floods which were responsible for the majority of fatalities resulting directly from Krakatoa’s eruption. The book’s later chapter.   That part of the story, the actual day the world exploded, is told in an excellent chapter titled "The Paroxysm, the Flood, and the Crack of Doom." After that, effects are tabulated, lessons are learned, and -- after a quick narrative of the author's own visit to Anak Krakatoa, the "son" of the original volcano, the book by:

In Krakatoa centenary expedition final report, ed. M. Bush, P. Jones, and K. Richards, – Department of Geography, University of Hull Miscellaneous Series No. Department of Geography, University of Hull Miscellaneous Series No. Cited by:   Species assemblage data from the Krakatau Islands, Indonesia, are presented for the period to (including previously unpublished data from the survey). Since , 16 additional families of higher plants have colonised. Recent arrivals at the family level are mostly of zoochorous species of forest tree, indicating (subject to the effects of disturbance) a continuing Cited by: One of the most entertaining science-explainers at work today, Winchester (The Map That Changed the World, , etc.) brings fine credentials to bear on writing the story of Krakatoa: both a former Asia correspondent for the Manchester Guardian and an Oxford-trained geologist, he has an eye for the local and global significance of that volcano’s cataclysmic eruption years ago. Dotting his narrative with .

Forster, R. M. (). Chapter 5: A study of the spatial distribution of bryophytes on Rakata, pp. – in The Krakatoa Centenary Expedition, Final Report. University of Hull, Geography Department, Miscellaneous Series No. 25, pp. Google ScholarCited by: This is the children's picture book adaptation by Dwight Jon Zimmerman of the book Krakatoa: the Day the World Exploded." Eruptions. Explosions. Shock waves. Tsunamis. The almighty explosion that destroyed the volcano island of Krakatoa was followed by an immense tsunami that killed more than thirty thousand people.4/5. For decades, research on spectacular 'youthThe Krakatoa centenary expedition final report, John Flenley, K. S. Richards, , Science, pages Fear Of Mirrors: Tariq Ali, , Fiction, pages. Germany may be reunified, but the life of former East German dissident Vladimir Meyer has fallen apart. His wife has deserted him.