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Volcanoes

Magma Sources and Types

Kinds and Locations of Volcanic Activity
    Individual Volcanoes-Locations
    Seafloor Spreading Ridges, Fissure Eruptions
    Shield Volcanoes
    Volcanic Domes
    Cinder Cones
    Composite Volcanoes
Hazards Related to Volcanoes
    Lava
    Pyroclastics
    Lahars
    Pyroclastic Flows-Nuées Ardentes
    Toxic Gases
    Steam Explosions
    Secondary Effects: Climate and Atmospheric Chemistry
Issues in Predicting Volcanic Eruptions
    Classification of Volcanoes by Activity
    Volcanic Precursors
LIVING GEOLOGY 5: All the Land's a Lava Flow. . . .
    Response to Eruption Predictions
Present and Future Volcanic Hazards in the United States
    Hawaii
    Cascade Range
    The Aleutians
    Long Valley and Yellowstone Calderas







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