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About Volcaneos - Level 3+

Introduction | The Nature of Volcanoes | Principal Types of Volcanoes | Other Volcanic Structures | Types of Volcanic Eruptions | Submarine Volcanoes | Geysers, Fumaroles, and Hot Springs | Volcano Environments | Plate-Tectonics Theory | Extraterrestrial Volcanoes | Volcano Monitoring and Research | Volcanoes and People | Suggested Reading http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/cover2.html
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Tsunamis Theme Page

Tsunamis Theme Page
The World's Deadliest Volcanoes See a slide show of the worst volcanic disasters in history and learn what caused the casualties.

Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius The World's Deadliest Volcanoes

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vesuvius/deadliest.html
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/angie/natural/natural.html

Natural Events Then and Now

No Kit Needed Watch A Video Clip Access TEAMS Programs
Most of the damage in stratovolcano eruptions comes not from lava flow but from a phenomenon known as pyroclastic flow. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/volcanoes/index.html

Savage Earth Out of the Inferno

Volcanoes -- Introduction

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/entry.html Today, there are many active volcanoes worldwide.
http://www.nzmaritime.co.nz/lermontov.htm Left: aft boat deck and crane (the aft hatch cover can be seen to the left of the picture and fits flush with the deck). This is a reasonably old pic as the lifeboat in the background has yet to be replaced by one of the two large enclosed launches carried at the time she sank. Left: the Leningrad Restaurant.

The MV Mikhail Lermontov Web Site

For many years, fire supression was used to controal and eliminate wildland fires. This was thought to be the right thing to do. http://www.field-trips.org/sci/wildfire/index.htm

Wildfires Field Trip Intro

Avalanches Theme Page

Avalanches Theme Page

http://www.cln.org/themes/avalanches.html
Sea voyages, shipwrecks & disaster tales w ith New Zealand connections http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/Shipwrecks.htm

New Zealand Shipwrecks & Disasters

Ocean PlanetHow Deep Can they Go - The RMS Titanic

Painting above © Jim Clary alternate page In 1985, Dr. Robert Ballard led a team of researchers in a joint French-American expedition and found the final resting place of the R.M.S.
Mahadzir Mohamed and Noor M Norhalim Final Animation Project CS418 Computer Graphic Spring 1998

CS418 Final Animation Project

Throughout History: The Volcanoes of Lewis and Clark Take a tour down the Columbia River with Lewis and Clark ...

Living With Volcanoes - History, Culture