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Global Volcano Locations Database
NCEI maintains a database of over 1,500 volcano locations obtained from the Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program, Volcanoes of the World publication. The database... -
Environmental Hazards and Mud Volcanoes in Romania
Romania, an eastern European country, is severely affected by a variety of natural hazards. These include frequent earthquakes, floods, landslides, soil erosion, and drought all... -
NCEI/WDS Global Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database, 4360 BC to Present
The Significant Volcanic Eruptions Database is a global listing of over 600 eruptions from 4360 BC to the present. A significant eruption is classified as one that meets at... -
Volcanoes in Eruption - Set 2
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 built up... -
Hawaii Volcanism: Impact on the Environment
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 flows are... -
Volcanoes in Eruption - Set 1
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 built up... -
Fire vs Water: Erosional/Depositional Geology, Hawaiian Islands
Even a casual, untrained observer will see evidence that opposing forces have formed the Hawaiian Islands. The massive and lofty volcanoes have been scoured, abraded, and... -
Volcanic Rocks and Features
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 remnants of... -
Mount Pinatubo Revisited; A Study of Lahar Erosion
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 km3 of... -
Submarine Ring of Fire 2014 - Ironman
There will be 4 primary data types collected, multibeam sonar data, CTD water column data, hydrophone records, and Jason ROV dive data. -
Hawaii Volcanism: Lava Forms
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 extends up... -
Okeanos Explorer (EX1605L2): CAPSTONE CNMI and Mariana Trench MNM (Mapping)
Operations will use the shipâs deep water mapping systems (Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar, EK60 split-beam fisheries sonars, ADCPs, and Knudsen 3260 chirp sub-bottom profiler...
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