Here are some USGS Web pages with more information on volcanic activity and Anywhere:
Volcano Hazards Program
Homepage for USGS Volcano Hazards Program with feature stories, and links to worldwide volcano updates, volcanic hazards, reducing volcanic risk, USGS international programs, and resources such as educators page, videos, and online reports.
(Score: 3.000)
Hazards
Links to USGS activities in the natural hazards theme area, such as floods, fires, volcanoes, earthquakes. Also links to USGS factsheets on hazards.
(Score: 1.380)
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Hawaiian Volcano Observatorys latest news with links to information on Kilauea, Mauna Loa, and other volcanoes, earthquakes, volcanic hazards, photo archive, and general information about the center.
(Score: 1.368)
Earth tides and volcano monitoring
Article in the May 28, 1998 issue of Volcano Watch describing of correlation of earth tides to volcanic eruptions and value in monitoring underground magma movement with deformation measaurement instruments including tiltmeters and strainmeters.
(Score: 1.000)
Educational video programs
Description of videos on volcanoes with information on obtaining copies.
(Score: 1.000)
Eruption warning and real-time notifications
Describes strategy of volcano warnings and the real-time detection of a sudden eruption or lahar and immediate notification of the activity to the public and local, state, and federal emergency-management officials.
(Score: 1.000)
Geologic hazards
Links to global information on earthquake, geomagnetic, volcanoe, and landslide hazards plus dynamic maps, images, seismic maps, and geomagnetic data.
(Score: 1.000)
Ozone in our air - friend or foe? - depends on where
Article on ozone layer and ozone as a pollutant from the weekly newsletter Volcano Watch (Hawaiian Volcano Observatory) for August 20, 2001.
(Score: 1.000)
Preparing for volcanic emergencies
Describes activities of USGS scientists to increase public awareness of volcano hazards with links to publication and videos for public information on understanding and preparing for volcanic hazards.
(Score: 1.000)
Selected volcano information
Selected books, maps, videos, and other materials produced by the USGS Volcano Hazards Program. Many products highlighted here are intended for general audiences.
(Score: 1.000)
Types and effects of volcano hazards
Describes the 6 main types of hazardous activity and processes associated with volcanoes, including tephra, lava flows, pyroclastic flows, lahars (volcanic mudflows), landslides, and volcanic gas.
(Score: 1.000)
Understanding our planet through chemistry
Site with a series of articles showing how chemists and geologists use analytical chemistry to determine the age of the Earth, determine earth history, predict volcanic eruptions, observe long-term atmospheric change and study pollution.
(Score: 1.000)
Volcanoes
This booklet presents a generalized summary of the nature, workings, publictions, and hazards of the common types of volcanoes around the world, along with a brief introduction to the techniques of volcano monitoring and research.
(Score: 1.000)
Cascades Volcano Observatory - Learn about volcanoes
Educational volcano site providing answers to frequently asked volcano questions with links to other general information on volcanoes and to information on specific volcanoes including the Cascade Range volcanoes.
(Score: 0.690)
Geographic distribution of major hazards in the U.S.
Webpage with six maps showing areas in the contiguous 48 states (not Hawaii and Alaska) with a relatively high risk or frequency of selected hazards (floods, earthquakes, landslides, hurricanes, tornadoes, and volcanic eruptions).
(Score: 0.690)
Volcanoes of the United States
Booklet detailing plate tectonics, eruptions, hazards, and monitoring of U.S. volcanoes with black and white photos.
(Score: 0.690)
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