Wonderful topic, Rob! Congratulations on your first topic creation! I happen to collect books on volcanoes. I'll give each a run-down as time and listening to cricket live on 17.675 MHz allows.

Hi all Geo books can cover a vast range of things from astronomy to volcanology, seismology to petology, climatology to palaeontology, and all places inbetween. I have books on volcanology, seismology, and palaeontology. I have for volcanoes: Eruption and healing of Mount St Helens - Patricia Lauber Fountains of fire - Geoffrey Cox Slumbering Giants - Geoffrey Cox Mount St Helens: The continuing story - James P. Quiring Mount St Helens: The story behind the scenery - Thom Corcoran Ruapehu Erupts: Karen Williams Kilauea: Newest Land on Earth - Dorian Weisel and Christina Heliker Tarawera and the terraces - Philip Andrews World Disasters: Volcano - Brian Knapp I have for earthquakes: Rocked and ruptured - Jefley J. Aitken The Great Quake: the story of the 1931 Hawkes Bay earthquake - Robert McGregor Magnitude Eight Plus: Story of New Zealands biggest earthquake (can't remember Author). The palaeontology books I have are work books issued by University of Canterbury with useful information about life forms, rock stratigraphy, the environment that they lived in and also their anatomy. Rob

Thanks for your list, Rob. I'd hate to duplicate any of them. My books are mostly passed on to my son, mainly to keep the mildew out of them and to save them from being eaten by insects. (Life in Paradise does have its flaws!) I still retain my college texts, a whole lot of mineralogy books and field identifier (Rockhounding among them) books, and the mandatory Hawaii Volcanoes books. I'll try to deal with them one at a time to allow for others to see if they are worth looking up. My favorite book is "Volcanoes in the Sea" by Gordon Macdonald. I have recently discovered it is out of print and nothing has resplaced it. It used to be the classic text for all Hawaii Geology students, but it is so well written, it is also a very good read.

i have bird books, nature books, and lots of gardening books. the AM doesn't understand my obsession with coffee table books! maybe we can link this topic with the books conference and maybe bring some more readers in.

Excellent idea. I'll email terry to do it. I can't remember the command. I can telnet but... Wolfie, I have tons of Coffee table books. They are absolutely stunning. I got three more for Christman. All huge atlases and none duplicated. Lance gave me one of minerals amd gemstones but I have it here beside me on a shelf. (Lance of topic 18 who, as soon as he graduates, I'm gonna grab back to this conference.)

Go to the conference you want to add the topic. In this case j books Then li geo 66 should do it.

Ok: help li **** LINKFROM **** Syntax: li_nkfrom Description: This will link items in the specified range in the given conference into the current conference. This can only be done by a fair-witness of the current conference. A link can be erased with the kill command. Link commands are logged to the conference log file. See also: kill, file log Ok:

I'll do it this time, but this will give you the ability to do it in the future.

Thanks terry! I thought it was lk ..... not ik. Ok!

(I've done it in the past if you look at the log in geo/config ) Thanks again.

Worse than that, telnet to spring no longer works for me. I can get to spring via aloha.net telent. I wonder if that would work. Talk about doing it the hard way...

thanks terry!!

You have to use ssh! From a prompt at aloha.net type ssh 66.70.14.230 You will be logged in with the same username as you're using at aloha.net

Hi all I know what I want to see. A book compiled dealing with faultlines around the world and the plate tectonics scene at each - NZ, USA, Japan, Indonesia, Chile, Peru etc. New Zealand is well covered in Rocked and Ruptured. Does anyone know of books like that for their patch? Is so can you mention them here? Rob

I agree, Rob. I was just searching for maps and information on the Anatolian fault and plate movement as regards the archaeology of that area. There are some sources I need to check, yet, but there is nothing very definitive and I wish there were!

sounds to me like the two of you have a project to do, huh? why don't you guys create the book?

*laugh* What do you think this conference is?! It just occurred to me that I have written My Life In The Universe several times over.

*HAHA*

Rob and I could call it *It's NOT My Fault*

*laugh* how clever!!!!

Hi all How about calling it "Faulty Seismology" - study of seismicity combined with misunderstandings of the faults. Rob

....followed by Faulty Seismic Theory We are far too clever for our own good! *Laughing*

Hi all "Rocked and ruptured" by Jefley Aitken is the tell all book of New Zealand Faults with 70 colour plates in the middle of the book, written in an easy to understand way and has a FAQ section toward the end. So that kids can understand and enjoy it as well it has a couple experiments you can try with chocolate bars of the gooey interior variety to show faulting. Rob

What a great idea, the gooey-centered candy bar for showing faulting. I'll remember that in case I ever have any little ones to teach again!

Snickers bars might be useful, the peanuts could be rocks.

Ah yes!!! Snickers bars are useful for demonstration and is one of the most popular of field food for geologists here. Their mothers, too. =)

Hi all I think what really needs to be done is a simplistic series of things like earthquakes and volcanoes written for school children - say year 4 and above. You would say for a volcano series start with simple diagrams and explanations. The book would be short but it would cover the bare basics as a child of 8-9 years would understand. For example, talking about a stratovolcano, you might describe it as an upside down ice cream cone with a vent at the top. Later on you might include brief simplistic explanations of why they erupt differently and the types of eruption you would expect from them. A brief explanation for Hawaiian eruptions could be that the lava contains little gas so it does not explode. Instead it runs freely like water in rivers. Rob

You must be psychic, Rob! John suggested the very same thought. He will do the graphics and I (may I pick your brains, too?) will write the text. How to get the kids to come here might be a bigger challenge, though we are visible on the internet to search engines.

Hi all Very few books on tsunami's. I know that they are only generated by a sudden mass movement under water, volcanism, or an earthquake, but I have only seen one good book to date. Simply called Tsunami!. Rob

The only ones I know are by Walt Dudley. Search Google for him and you will find much material. He teaches at the UH Hilo and has been sailing in our boat (well, put that is the distant past tense) and has a stunning wife who teaches French. He is definitly worth looking up http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Walt%2BDudley%2BTsunami

Geo-Book: "California Earthquakes" This scholarly study recounts how scientific experts, starting with the "Big One" in 1906, overcame the scoffing and coverups of business boosters and turned the state government into the enforcer of quake-safe practices. It's both a political history and a case study of scientific activism. http://geology.about.com/msubbook.htm

Hi all For those interested in the Physical Geography of New Zealand I recommend the book Physical Geography - a New Zealand perspective, 2001, Rachel .A Spronken-Smith and Andrew Sturman. Rob

I was fortunate enough to find an account of the great earthquake of San Francisco at a yard sale in the remote backwaters of this area. My host is ever eager to find "ancient" equipment to add to his collection. This time it was a treadle Singer sewing machine for $5. It does not work but looks complete. This is added to a rather large corn sheller in one corner of his dining room. I'll post more on the book I found when I get to reading it. Yard sales can be fun when you are in "other" parts of the world beside residential Los Angeles!

post pics in the antique topic in collecting, marcia! we went to a couple of swap meets locally and there was a lot of stuff. saw a bunch of old sewing machines too.

Great idea, Wolfie. I'll also take a photo of his corn sheller and the crossbow b (YES!) beside my bed. This stuff is fascinating!

Hi all I have read a great book called "Volcano Cowboys", by Dick Thompson. This is the true story of the volcanologists in the USGS who were assigned to watch Mount St Helens in 1980, Nevado del Ruiz in 1985, and Pinatubo in 1991. It gives a new perspective to the world of volcanology, when you look at it from their perspective. At Mount St Helens they risk falling out with the American people over denying them access to their homes, that is until the day before the eruption. At Nevado del Ruiz they issue warnings that the volcano is ready to blow, but the Colombian authorities ignore the warning, costing 25,000 lives. Finally at Pinatubo they have to deal with the USAF, which has its own problems to worry about in addition to having an awakening volcano on their back door step. But Pinatubo is one with a happy ending. But to find out what I mean by a happy ending, you have to read it. Rob

That book sounds great, Rob. I think I will know several of the guys they write about. I do need to get a copy. Thanks for telling us about it.