5 datasets found
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Federal
Hawaii Volcanism: Lava Forms recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Over the last several million years the Hawaiian Islands have been built of successive lava flows. They are the most recent additions in a long line of volcanoes that... -
Federal
Volcanic Rocks and Features recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Volcanoes have contributed significantly to the formation of the surface of our planet. Volcanism produced the crust we live on and most of the air we breathe. The... -
Federal
Mount Pinatubo Revisited; A Study of Lahar Erosion recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
At dawn on June 15, 1991, a cataclysmic eruption began with a tremendous explosion that destroyed ten deserted villages. This eruption deposited approximately 5 to 7... -
Federal
Volcanoes in Eruption - Set 2 recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The word volcano is used to refer to the opening from which molten rock and gas issue from Earth's interior onto the surface, and also to the cone, hill, or mountain... -
Federal
Hawaii Volcanism: Impact on the Environment recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Fewer than one hundred people have been killed by eruptions in the recorded history of Hawaii, and only one death has occurred in the 20th Century. However, the lava...
5 datasets found