Table of Contents

Volcanoes of the world; seams of the Earth; Surtsy - Iceland; Fire under the sea; Krakatau - Indonesia; Mount St Helens; ring of fire; Kilauea - Hawaii; hot spots; lava ash and bombs; lahars and avalanches; cones and craters; roots of volcanoes; origin of the sea and air; volcanic power; volcanic treasures; volcanoes and climate; forecasting volcanic eruptions; reducing volcanic risk. Appendix: the world's 101 most notorious volcanoes; volcano information centers; metric - English conversion table.