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United States Geologic Survey: Selected Volcano Information
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/
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This United States Geological Survey (USGS) Volcano Hazards Program site contains links to selected material related to volcanic hazards. Users can access information about the volcanic hazards program, publications, topical maps of volcanoes world wide, aviation safety reports, volcanic hazard reports, computer software, volcano digital series and educational videos. Several USGS fact sheets are also available for volcanoes in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest and around the world. Fact sheets can be downloaded as pdf files or html. This site contains a wide variety of comprehensive material on the world's volcanoes and the hazards associated with them.
Intended for grade levels:
  • High (9-12)
  • College (13-14)
  • College (15-16)
  • General public
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Case study
  • Visual:
    • Photograph
  • Text:
    • Ref. material
  • Portal:
    • Government
  • Dataset:
    • In-situ
Subject:
  • Geological Sciences:
    • Geology
  • Natural hazards
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Information presented on this website is considered public information and may be distributed or copied. Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credit is requested. We strongly recommend that USGS data be acquired directly from a USGS server and not through other sources that may change the data in some way.
DLESE Catalog ID: SERC-STARTINGPOINT-000-000-000-122
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contact: United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/index.html