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Volcanoes Beneath the Sea
Volcano
World - "Submarine Volcanoes"
Reviews the basics of platetectonics and examines closely submarine
volcanoes at divergent and convergent boundaries and hot spots.
The site has good images of underwater lava flows as well as images
of the organisms that live near these submarine volcanoes.
USGS
Cascades Volcano Observatory -
"Submarine Volcanoes, Ridges, and Vents"
Site includes a general overview of submarine volcanic eruptions
as well as information about specific underwater volcanoes including
the volcanoes of the Juan de Fuca ridge in the Pacific, Kavachi
of the Solomon Islands, Kick 'Em Jenny of the West Indies, the
Loihi Seamount of Hawaii, and Surtsey and the Vestmannmaeyjar
volcanics of Iceland.
Volcanoes on Land
USGS
Cascades Volcano Observatory -
"Volcano Types - Quick Reference Guide"
Review the major types of volcanoes, including calderas, cinder
cones, composite volcanoes, statrovolcanoes, and shield volcanoes.
Provides links for further details and information about specific
eruptions.
USGS Cascades
Volcano Observatory -
Read about volcanism in the following US states:
Ring of Fire
USGS
Cascades Volcano Observatory - "Plate Tectonics and Sea Floor
Spreading, Subduction Zones, "Hot Spot", and the "Ring
of Fire"
Reviews the basics of plate tectonics and allows reader to further
investigate specific volcanoes within the "ring of fire".
Includes several maps which highlight the "ring."
USGS Alaska
Volcano Observatory
Read an introduction about the volcanoes and volcanic fields of
Alaska, which make up the northern portion of the "ring of
fire". Also includes maps and allows further investigation
of specific volcanoes in Alaska.
Volcanoes Formed by Rifting on the Continents
Columbia
Plateau - Columbia River Basalt Group
Read more information about flood basalt and how they formed the
Columbia Plateau. It also includes links to a map and geologic
time scale for the subdivisions within the Columbia River Basalt
Group.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Learn more about Africa's tallest mountain in the East African
rift valley.
Volcanoes at Hot Spots
USGS
- "Hot spots:" Mantle Thermal Plumes
Learn more about the geology of the Hawaiian islands as well as
other other hotshots around the world.
USGS
Hawaii Volcano Observatory
Read about the Hawaiian Volcanoes and how they formed. It also
includes links to other pages about specific volcanoes on the
islands of Hawaii and Maui.
Volcano
World - Hawaii
View a slide show with color photos and descriptions about the
theory of "hotshots." Site also includes a list of sample
lesson plans, key concepts, references, and activities about hot
spots and the Hawaiian islands.
Volcanoes and Water on Earth
Vents
Program, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Find information on how submarine volcanoes and hydrothermal vents
affect the global oceans.
Submarine
Volcanoes, Ridges, and Vents, USGS
Provides general information along with specific examples.
Unraveling
the Mystery of Underwater Volcanoes
NOAA
Read an article about the mysteries of underwater volcanoes.
Map Projections
Learn more about other kinds of map projections:
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