Books by Dr. Rosaly Lopes


The Volcano Adventure Guide - Buy it Today by clicking Here!


The Volcano Adventure Guide
Rosaly Lopes
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Volcano Adventure Guide is the first book of its type. It contains vital information for anyone wishing to visit, explore, and photograph active volcanoes safely and enjoyably.

Following an introduction that discusses eruption styles of different types of volcanoes, how to prepare for a volcano trip, and how to avoid volcanic dangers, the book presents guides to visiting 42 different volcanoes around the world. This section is packed full of practical information including tour itineraries, maps, transportation details, and warnings of possible non-volcanic dangers. Three appendices at the end of the book direct the reader to a wealth of further volcano resources.

Aimed at non-specialist readers who wish to explore volcanoes without being foolhardy, it will fascinate amateur enthusiasts and professional volcanologists alike. The stunning colour photographs throughout the book will delight armchair travellers as well as inspire the adventurous to get out and explore volcanoes for themselves.

Contents Preface;

Part I. Volcanoes of All Types:

1. Choosing a volcano to visit;
2. The basic facts about volcanoes;
3. Volcanic eruptions;
4. Visiting volcanoes safely;
5. Preparing and planning a volcano adventure;

Part II. Guides to Volcanoes: Introduction to the field guides; Volcanoes in Hawaii; Volcanoes in continental USA; Volcanoes in Italy; Volcanoes in Greece; Volcanoes in Iceland; Volcanoes in Costa Rica; Volcanoes in the West Indies;

Appendix I. Useful information for preparing for a volcano trip;
Appendix II. Tours to volcanoes;
Appendix III. Bibliography and recommended reading;
Glossary;
Index. 2004 276 x 219 mm 370 pages
210 colour plates Hardback

Volcanic Worlds: Exploring the Solar System Volcanoes (with Tracy Gregg) - Buy it Today by clicking Here!


Edited by Rosaly M.C. Lopes (JPL) and Tracy K.P. Gregg (The State University of New York at Buffalo)
Foreword by Sally Ride

Published by Springer-Praxis, 2004.

Written by active research scientists who study the volcanism of Earth and of other planets, the contributions provide the first general review of volcanic activity throughout the Solar System. Successive chapters describe past and present volcanic activity as it is observed throughout the Solar System. These chapters relate to readers not only our present knowledge of volcanism throughout the Solar System but also how frontline scientists working in this field conduct their research.

Chapters and Contributors:

Foreword (Sally Ride)
1. Introduction (Tracy Gregg and Rosaly Lopes)
2. Volcanoes on Earth: Our Basis for Understanding Volcanism (Katherine Cashman)
3. Submarine Volcanoes: The Hidden Face of the Earth (Tracy Gregg)
4. Earth's Twin: The Volcanic World of Venus (Ellen Stofan)
5. The Face of the Moon: Lunar Volcanoes and Volcanic Deposits (Lisa Gaddis)
6. Volcanoes on Mars: The Global View (Susan Sakimoto)
7. Volcanoes on Mars: A View from the Surface (Joy Crisp)
8. Io, A World of Great Volcanoes (Rosaly Lopes)
9. Ice Volcanism on Jupiter's Moons and Beyond (Louise Prockter)
10. Products of Powerful Volcanic Eruptions on Earth and Mars (Mary Chapman and Gudrun Larsen)
11. From Yellowstone to Titan, with Sidetrips to Mars, Io, Mount St. Helens, and Triton (Susan Kieffer)

Io After Galileo (with John Spencer) - Buy it Today by clicking Here

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Written by experts in the field, many of whom took part in the Galileo mission, the book reviews the basics about Io and its unique space environment. Coverage includes all subjects, where the Galilio mission has shed new light on, with some emphasis on Io's most remarkable characteristics: its active volcanism. Written primarily for planetary scientists this book will also benefit volcanologists in general and newcomers wishing to specialize in this field of research.

Coming soon:

Alien Volcanos: Johns Hopkins Press 2006 (Pre-Order)

Review
"Michael Carroll and Rosaly Lopes have pooled their extensive knowledge and unlimited imagination to bring the volcanic vistas of other worlds to life in these pages, in all the colors of fire and ice. Based on the understanding gained from studying the likes of Vesuvius and Krakatau, Alien Volcanoes explores the eruptive forces at work throughout the solar system, from the massive Olympus Mons on Mars and the volcano-covered surface of Venus to the volcanic moons of Jupiter and Saturn." -- Dava Sobel, author of Longitude

"Alien Volcanoes is wonderful. The mixture of text, paintings, and photos from NASA satellites is stunning... A groundbreaking book for the public to understand the fascinating facts and historical context of volcanoes, here and in our solar system." -- Kimberly Weaver, Johns Hopkins University, author of The Violent Universe

Book Description
At once terrifyingly destructive and awe-inspiringly beautiful, volcanoes have long fascinated humankind. From Vesuvius and Etna to Krakatau and Mount Saint Helen's, these molten rock- and ash-spewing geysers have destroyed whole cities and countless lives, and altered the course of history. Yet our understanding of volcanoes on Earth -- and throughout the celestial world -- remains maddeningly incomplete. With Alien Volcanoes, Rosaly M. C. Lopes and Michael W. Carroll offer a dynamic tour of volcanic activity across the solar system. Through eight gracefully written chapters laced with gripping photographs and stunning artwork, Lopes and Carroll survey the complete spectrum of volcanism in time and location, from the solar system's origin to the modern era and from the familiar shield volcanoes of the terrestrial worlds to the bizarre superchilled geysers on distant ice moons. In the process, they entertain the possibility of hidden lakes on Saturn's moon Enceladus, discuss the potential effects of greenhouse gases on Neptune's moon Triton, reconstruct the last moments of life for Pompeiians in the face of an erupting Mount Vesuvius, and explain how a 4,000-mile-long river of lava could have once flowed freely across the plains of Venus.
Richly illustrated with original paintings supplemented by NASA and European Space Agency photographs, Alien Volcanoes advances our knowledge of volcanoes on other heavenly bodies, enhances our ability to comprehend how they came into being on Earth, and describes how we might better predict the impact of future eruptions.

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