• "Quick Reference Guide" - Various Volcano Types
  -- Caldera ... Cinder Cone and Scoria Cone ... Composite Volcano or Stratovolcano ... Continental Volcanoes ... Island Arc Volcanoes ... Lava Plateau ... Lava Dome ... Mafic Volcano ... Maar and Tuff Cone ... Monogenetic Volcanic Field ... Oceanic Volcanoes ... Shield Volcano ... Submarine Volcano, Ridge, and Vent ... Supervolcano ... Tuya ...

• Volcano Types - Graphic
  -- [Graphic,37K,InlineGIF]
  Flood or Plateau Basalts, Shield Volcanos,Cinder Cones, Composite or Stratovolcanoes, Volcanic Domes, and Calderas

• Volcano Types - Island-Arc, Oceanic, and Continental
  Some volcanoes crown island areas lying near the continents, and others form chains of islands in the deep ocean basins. Volcanoes tend to cluster along narrow mountainous belts where folding and fracturing of the rocks provide channelways to the surface for the escape of the magma.

• Volcano Types - "Pictogram"
  -- ["Pictogram",300K,InlineGIF]
  Caldera, Cinder Cone, Shield Volcano, Stratovolcano, and Lava Dome

• Items of Interest
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  • Maars and Tuff Cones - Menu
  • Mafic Volcanoes - Menu
  • Monogenetic Volcanoes - Menu
  • Shield Volcanoes - Menu
  • Stratovolcanoes - Menu
  • Subglacial Volcanoes (Tuyas) - Glaciers Menu
  • Submarine Volcanoes - Menu
  • Volcanic Fields - Menu

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• Learn About Volcanoes
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• Living With Volcanoes
  -- Facts and Information; Questions and Answers; Historical, Cultural, and the Economic Sides of Volcanoes; Tourism and Recreation Information, "Real-Time" World-Wide Volcano-Cams; and Information About "Dantes Peak"

• Glossary of Volcanic Features and Terminology Menu -- CVO Menu
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