Laverne, Christine

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Laverne, Christine


Personal


Born in France. Hobbies and other interests: Hiking, watercolor painting.

Addresses


Home—Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III, Laboratoire de Pétrologie Magmatique-Case 441, Faculté des Sciences de Marseille Saint Jérome, Avenue Escadrille, Normandie Nieman, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France. E-mail—[email protected].

Career


Illustrator. Paul Cézanne University, Paris, France, senior lecturer in geosciences; researcher in petrology and mineralogy of oceanic hydrothermal systems.

Writings


(With Jacques Kornprobst) Living Mountains: How and Why Volcanoes Erupt, Mountain Press (Missoula MT), 2006.

Also author of scientific papers.

Biographical and Critical Sources


PERIODICALS


Canada Bookwatch, April, 2006, review of Living Mountains: How and Why Volcanoes Erupt.

Kliatt, May, 2006, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, review of Living Mountains, p. 36.

Science Books and Films, July-August, 2006, Jayne R. Koester, review of Living Mountains, p. 166.

ONLINE


Mountain Press Publishing Company Web site,http://mountain-press.com (December 18, 2006), "Christine Laverne."

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