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Volcano
World
Maps, graphics and information about the
world's volcanoes are provided here. Be sure to check out
"Today in Volcano History"!
Volcanoes
Types of volcanoes and volcanic eruptions,
submarine volcanoes, volcano monitoring and research, geysers,
fumaroles, hot springs and plate tectonics are all explained here.
Volcanoes
of the World
You can find info and graphics of
volcanoes anywhere in the world by searching by location or name.
Eruptions
of Mount St. Helens
Just about everyone has heard of the
massive eruption of Mount St. Helens in the USA on May 18, 1980.
You can see pictures and find descriptions of the eruptions of
this famous volcano on this web site.
Our
Changing Continent
Has North America's shape & size always
been the same, and have its land and surrounding oceans always been in
the exact same locations? Find out, here!
Earthquakes
Hazards Program
This web site covers current earthquakes
from around the world, earthquake activity in the past 8 - 30 days,
past & historical earthquakes, and provides seismogram displays.
Earthquakes
Info on historic earthquakes, where and how
earthquakes happen, and measuring & predicting earthquakes ... can
be found here.
Plate Tectonics
Here's an introduction to this fascinating
part of our earth's makeup.
Plate
Tectonics
Delve into the history and the theories of
plate tectonics, by visiting this web site of the Museum of
Paleontology, at the University of California in Berkeley.
The
San Andreas Fault
The earth's crust is fractured into
slow-moving plates, and two of these plates meet in western California
at the San Andreas Fault.
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