The digital publication invites the reader to start a journey in the world of volcanoes.
The digital publication invites the reader to start a journey in the world of volcanoes. How is the Earth on the inside? Why are there volcanoes? Where? How is the inside of a volcano? What are the most famous eruptions? Are there extra-terrestrial volcanoes? These are some of the questions with their answers in the new scientific dissemination book Descubre los volcanes. Acompaña a los Volkis en su aventura volcánica , a digital publication coordinated by the vulcanologists Meritxell Aulinas, from the Faculty of Earth Sciences of the UB, and Adelina Geyer and Joan Martí, from the Geosciences Barcelona research group ( GEO3BCN-CSIC ). The digital publication invites the reader to start a journey in the world of volcanoes to discover its dangers —and its benefits— and it treats several thematic contents on volcanology in a communicative language for the young and adult audiences. The book, illustrated by the geologist and communicator Nia Schamuells, has a which includes a wide range of disseminative resources and materials: experiments, drawings to colour, videos, links of interest and a glossary with the specific terminology of volcanology. Meritxell Aulinas, lecturer at the Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Applied Geology, contributed to the study and monitoring in situ of the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma in 2021. Aulinas, affiliated at the Innovation Group on Geochemistry and Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary Rocks of the UB, collaborated in the creation of several didactic resources related to this volcanic episode that changed the life of the people in La Palma (Canary Islands). Who are the Volkis?
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