The Physics of Explosive Volcanic Eruptions includes seven review papers that outline our current understanding of several aspects of the physical processes aff

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Presents the book "Basaltic Volcanism on the Terrestrial Planets," (ISBN 0-08-028086-2), written by members of the Basaltic Volcanism Study Project of the Lunar

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