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World Topics: Geology, Glaciers, Earthquakes and Volcanos

• ROCKS, WEATHERING, SOIL AND GEOLOGIC TIME
• PLATE TECTONICS
• VOLCANOES: TYPES AND STRUCTURE
• ERUPTING VOLCANOES
• DESTRUCTIVE ERUPTIONS: LAHARS, PYROCLASTIC FLOWS AND GLACIAL BURSTS
• MAJOR VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS: THERA, LAKI, EL CHICHON AND THE VOLCANO IN A MEXICAN CORNFIELD
• TAMBORA, KRAKATUA AND PINATUBO
• ERUPTIONS OF VESUVIUS, POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM
• GEYSERS, FUMAROLES, HOT SPRINGS AND GEOTHERMAL POWER
• MOUNTAINS, THE HIMALAYAS AND MT. EVEREST
• LIFE AND HEALTH AT HIGH ALTITUDES IN THE MOUNTAINS
• GLACIERS: THEIR MECHANICS, STRUCTURE AND VOCABULARY
• ICE AGES AND ICE AGE GLACIERS
• AVALANCHES
• KARST REGIONS AND CAVES
• EARTHQUAKE GEOLOGY, DAMAGE, TYPES, ENERGY AND PREDICTION EFFORTS
• EARTHQUAKES, SAFETY, LIFE AND EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDINGS
• TSUNAMIS: CAUSES, PHYSICS AND DANGERS