Cold Breath of Dormant Volcanoes

The Unknown World of CO2 Mofettes
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-662-65374-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 347 g

This work, written in an understandable way for the interested layperson, introduces into the unknown world of the CO  gas volcanoes, the so-called mofettes. A little explored world that lets animals die in the middle of Europe, changes the flora, influences soils and the atmosphere and can provide clues for upcoming volcanic eruptions. With the help of the botanical bioindication, such degassing points can also be found in the field and even used economically, e.g. in mineral water and fire extinguishers, for the preservation of food and for the healing of heart and skin diseases. In this biological-geological mofette guide, Prof. Hardy Pfanz explains where such phenomena can be found in Germany, but also worldwide, and what they tell us. He also reveals - with a wink - one or the other extraordinary and legendary thing about mofettes. 

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pfanz, Hardy

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Biogeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geochemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Igneous, volcanic and other geogenic gas exhalations

3. Mofettes

4. Geological and volcanological fundamentals

5. Carbon dioxide - carbon dioxide - the parameter for mofettes

6. Mofette habitat

7. Bacteria and fungi

8. Animals

9. Mofettes and climate

10. The floors in mofettes

11. The importance and use of mofettes

12. The mythical-ethological significance of CO2 emissions

13. CO2 Hazard - Human Tragedies

14. Mofexotic and mofetto pareidolia

15. Epilogue

16. Literature

Über Autor(innen)

Univ.- Prof. Dr. Hardy Pfanz holds the chair for applied botany and volcano biology at the University of Duisburg-Essen since 1996. Pfanz studied biology and geography at the University of Würzburg. In addition to volcano biology, his research focuses on botanical ecophysiology and ecotoxicology as well as phytopathology.