Stories from a Heated Earth: Our Geothermal Heritage
Language: English
Published by Geothermal Resources Council : International Geothermal Association, Sacramento, Calif., 1999
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xviii, 569 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Contents: A GLOBAL VIEW: When geothermal was still in the minds of the gods of Teotihuacan / R. Cataldi The year zero of geothermics / R. Cataldi AFRICA: From the beginning, life in the Great East African Rift / J.W. Lund THE MIDDLE EAST: Geothermal energy utilization in the Jordan Valley between Lake Kinneret and the Dead Sea: a view from antiquity / F. Jaffe et al The Geothermal History of Anatolia, Turkey / M.E. Ozguler, A. Kasap SOUTHERN EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN: Geothermal energy in Ancient Greece: from mythology to late antiquity (3rd century A.D.) / M. Fytikas, G.M. Leonidopoulou, R. Cataldi The rolling ball of history: geothermal resources in Macedonia / K. Popovski, K. Dimitrov Human rapport with hypogeal waters and geothermal manifestations in Italian Prehistory / R. Grifoni Cremonesi From the mystery of Atlantis to the first integrated uses of geothermal energy / R. Cataldi, P.D. Burgassi Flowering and decline of thermal bathing and other uses of natural heat in the Mediterranean Area, from the birth of Rome to the end of the first millennium / R. Cataldi, P.D. Burgassi Geothermal energy in the Mediterranean before the Middle Ages, a review / R. Cataldi, P. Chiellini Utilization of geothermal resources in Italy from the 11th through the 16th centuries / R. Cataldi, P.D. Burgassi Historical outline of geothermal technology in the Larderello Region to the middle of the 20th century / P.D. Burgassi Four centuries of scientific investigation at Larderello, from the 16th century to the 1st International Geothermal Congress in 1928 / P.D. Burgassi, R. Cataldi, C. Donati Ancient uses of geothermal waters in the Precarpathian Area of Romania and the Pannonian Basin of Hungary / I. Cohut, M. Arpasi A spell cast: historical aspects of thermal spring use in the Western Carpathian Region / M. Fendek, A. Rebro, M. Fendekova Using geothermal energy in Poland in the second millennium / J. Sokolowski, J. Sokolowska, B. Kepinska Using geothermal waters in france: the district heating system of Chaudes-Aigues from the Middle Ages / J. P. Gibert, F. Jaudin Historical aspects of geothermal utilization in Iceland / B. Fridleifsson Transcaucasus: one of the most ancient regions using the Earth’s heat / G. Buachidze, S. Aliev, A. Ananyan Geothermal legends through history in Russia and the former USSR: a bridge to the past / V.B. Svalova ASIA AND THE WESTERN PACIFIC: A prehistoric view of the thermal springs of India / D. Chandrasekharam Historical aspects of geothermal waters in China / Wang Ji-yang Historical review of hot spring waters in the Republic of Korea / Byoung Woo Yum Japanese geothermal waters throughout history / M. Sekioka Geothermal legacy from the early Filipinos and later migrants / L. M. Ote, A.P. Alcaraz, A.C. de Jesus Indonesia: land of volcanoes, heart of fire / W.S. Tjetiep, A. Nasution, S.F. Hodgson Traditional use of geothermal resources by New Zealand Maori / C.M Severne THE AMERICAS: Historical impacts of geothermal resources on the people of North America / J.W. Lund Hot springs and fumaroles, early days at the geysers / S.F. Hodgson Cosmogony and uses of geothermal resources in Mesoamerica / M.C. Suarez Arriaga, R. Cataldi, S.F. Hodgson An overview of the historical aspects of geothermal influences in Mesoamerica / J.L. Hernandez Galdn, J. Guiza Lambarri, M.C. Suarez Arriaga Heat over time, geothermal stories from Mexico / S.F. Hodgson Andean cultures and geothermal phenomena in historical chronicles / G. Rico Calderon.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Stories from a Heated Earth: Our Geothermal Heritage
- Author
- Raffaele Cataldi, Susan F. Hodgson, John W. Lund, Geothermal Resources Council, International Geothermal Association
- Publisher
- Geothermal Resources Council : International Geothermal Association, Sacramento, Calif.
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0934412197
- ISBN 13
- 9780934412193
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1,837.049 grams
- Dimensions
- 21.59 centimeters width by 27.94 centimeters height by 3.81 centimeters depth
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Joseph Burridge Books
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