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Eruption : the untold story of Mount St. Helens /

For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, sightseers and nearby residents listened anxiously to rumblings in Mount St. Helens, part of the chain of western volcanoes fueled by the 700-mile-long Cascadia fault. Still, no one was prepared when an immense eruption took the top off of the mount...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olson, Steve, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Volcanic eruptions.
Volcanoes > Washington (State)
Saint Helens, Mount (Wash.) > Eruption, 1980.
Table of Contents:
  • The land
  • The warnings
  • The conservationists
  • The eruption
  • The rescues
  • The monument
  • Decline and renewal
  • Epilogue.