Welcome to the Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page
Sponsored by the Keweenaw Volcano
Observatory.
Michigan Tech
Houghton, MI USA
Our Purpose:
A primary focus of volcanology is to provide scientific and educational information that can lead to hazard mitigation. Michigan Tech's Volcanoes Page aims to provide information about volcanoes to the public and to complement other informational sites on the web. We started this site when there were almost no other volcano sites--now there are lots, and many of them have far more resources. So we now aim to fill in spots that aren't covered elsewhere. Send your suggestions!
What is a volcano?
We could say a volcano is a liquid rock plumbing system which extends from several 10's of kilometers depth to the earth's surface, and includes the near vent deposits of eruptions. Is this a good definition? Is this a volcano? How about this? Or this?
Earth's Volcanoes
What's happening now? --Smithsonian Institution/ USGS
Which are earth's active volcanoes?--Smithsonian Institution Global
Volcanism Network
Details of recent activity--GVN Monthly
Bulletin
How Volcanoes Work --NASA SDSU
Useful links by volcano---USGS-CVO
Volcanoes of Canada--Geological
Survey of Canada
Webcams of Italian Volcanoes--INGV
Volcano World individual volcano links--VW-NoDakota
Volcanic Ash & Aviation
Links USGS
Volcanic Cloud
Hazards to Aviation - This page aims to provide information about how
volcanic ash clouds affect aircraft, and how to avoid this hazard.
Volcanoes
and People Scientists are not communication experts. This page is a first
step at building communcation between scientists and teachers, with a goal of
mitigating natural hazards.
Basic Guide to Volcanic
Hazards prepared by Colleen M. Riley,
MTU Volcanoes are beneficial to humans living on or near them. They produce
fertile soil, and provide valuable minerals, water reservoirs, geothermal
resources, and scenic beauty. But volcanoes can be very dangerous. Where can a
person go to be safe from an erupting volcano? What types of volcanic hazards
might they face? These questions are difficult to answer because there are many
types of volcanic eruptions which produce different types of volcanic hazards.
IAVCEI web site Safety at volcanoes is a
major concern--before you go to a volcano, read the safety recommendations from
IAVCEI!
Granular Volcano Group Sebastien
Dartevelle's work.
Air and
Health-- European
Environment Agency
NEW! Peace Corps Master's program in
Mitigation of Geological Natural Hazards--first program of its kind, and a
way to combine an MS degree with real experience on the rim of fire.
IVHHN International
Volcanic Health Hazard Network
Simulating
a volcanic crisis in the classroom--Colgate Univ
GVES Vesuvius, The Making of a Catastrophe
Central American Volcanoes
Volcanoes of Northern
Central America Northern Central America includes Guatemala and El
Salvador. It is a region of high population density and with many active volcanoes.
Here we have tried to provide some data of hazard mitigation value about this
region.
Carr's Web--Rutgers
University An introduction of Central American Volcanoes for researchers.
Honduras
Geology--great resource from Rob Rogers, Univ of
Texas
Ceren Web
Resource--Joya de Ceren, El Salvador Univ
Colorado--Payson Sheets
Salvadoran
Volcanoes--SNET,
El Salvador
Guatemalan
Volcanoes--INSIVUMEH-Guatemala
Volcanoes of
Nicaragua--INETER-Nicaragua
Casita
Volcanic landslide, 1998 USGS-Kevin
Scott
Latin
American Volcanoes---Glyn Williams-Jones
Remote Sensing of Volcanoes
USGS
Volcanic Hazards--Satellite methods What satellite data is used, and how it
is used to tell us about activity.
Satellite Detection of
eruptions Satellite sensors around the world are used to keep track of
volcanic activity--you can consult the near realtime and not so near realtime
sources.
Volcanic Clouds Page--The
Volcanic Clouds Web Site describes the formation and composition of volcanic
ash, gas and aerosol clouds, the remote sensing methods we use to study them,
and ways that this information can be used for science and hazard mitigation.
Natural Hazards from
Space--NASA Earth Observatory site
Earth's
Volcanoes--JPL Site
Remote Sensing Tutorial--NASA
Goddard
Astronaut Photos of Earth--NASA
JSC
Remote Sensing in Natural
Hazards--Univ of Washington
Remote Sensing and Hazard Mitigation
in Pacific Latin America—Michigan Tech University and NSF PIRE
Online Journals
Related to Volcanology
Where volcanologic research is published--updated 2004
Other www sites of volcanic interest
Links to items related to volcanoes, including observatories,
universities with volcano research and other items of interest to
volcanophiles.
IAVCEI Commision for Volcanic
Gases
Recent Michigan
Tech Publications about volcanoes
PBS Nova program about
Galeras and Long period seismic warnings
Foreign
Volcano Maps--USGS CVO
Erta
Ale from Stromboli
A lighter side to living with volcanoes.
Information for future volcanologists--USGS/Cascade Volcano Observatory
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