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Information Lists on Volcanoes  Volcano Vocabulary - List of Volcanic Terms Alphabetic List of Volcanoes Places That Have Volcanoes

Source: U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.

Google Search Engine

•  To search for articles, go to Google Web Canada  http://www.google.ca/
   

•  To look for photographs and diagrams, go to Google Image Search http://images.google.ca/imghp?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
   

•  To read about news events involving volcanoes, go to Google News Canada http://news.google.ca/nwshp?ned=ca and type in volcano
   

Wikipedia Encyclopedia http://wikipedia.org/

•  Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia written by many people. It has articles written in English, German, Polish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Spanish, Dutch, French and many more.

•  Articles that are factual are very informative. Because articles are being added daily, current event items, like volcanic eruptions, can be found in this encyclopedia.

Web Sites with information about Volcanoes

• AEG - Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists This site is created by geologists who work with geological hazards like volcanoes.

  • Geological hazards http://www.aegweb.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4038

  • Volcanoes http://www.aegweb.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4075
     

• Global Volcanism Program  This site is produced by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History http://www.volcano.si.edu/

  • Volcanoes of the world http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/
  • Find a volcano by region http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/find_regions.cfm
  • Volcanoes of Canada & western USA http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/region.cfm?rnum=1200
  • Images of different types of volcanoes http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/tpgallery.cfm
  • Find which volcanoes erupted in any year http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/find_eruptions.cfm
     

•  National Geographic One of the world's best magazines for the environment and photogrpahy.

  • Volcanoes http://green.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/volcano-profile.html
     

• Stromboli Online  This site originates in Switzerland. It has an educational focus written by sesmologists. The site is in English, German and Italian.

  • http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/index-en.html
     

• The Electronic Volcano  This 'ezine is written by volcanologists studying active volcanoes.

  • http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/
     

• USGS ~ United States Geological Survey This site is a government-run site with scientific information  on many geological and environmental hazards.

  • Volcano Hazards Program http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/

  • Lessons http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/teachers-packets/volcanoes/index.html
  • Photo glossary http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/pglossary.html
  • Public Domain Images Info http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/gallery
     

• Volcano Live This site is maintained by a volcanologist, John Seach, who does Volcano Adventure Travel Tours and produces videos.

  • http://www.volcanolive.com/contents.html

  • Largest volcanoes in last 10,000 years & pre-history http://www.volcanolive.com/large.html

  • Find every volcano in every country of the world http://www.volcanolive.com/world.html

  • Volcanoes in Canada http://www.volcanolive.com/canada.html
     

• Volcano World  http://volcano.und.edu/ This site has lots of information in it. It is administered by the Department of Geosicence at oregon State University.

  • Satellite images of volcanoes http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/ikonos/ikonos.html

  • Current Volcanic Activity  http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/current.html

  • History of volcanoes – date last erupted, link to page w/ photo, location (latitude, longitude) http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/history.html

  • Largest eruptions in the last 10,000 years http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/vw_hyperexchange/vei_larger_5.html

  • Instructions on how to build a volcano model http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_models/models.html
     

• Volcanoes and Volcanism  http://www.vulkaner.no/ A site from Norway by a volcano enthusiast.

  • Alphabetical list, active WebCam Pictures http://www.vulkaner.no/v/volcan/bcvolcam.html
     

• Windows to the Universe This site is written by scientists who would like to bring scientific knowledge and woners to the general public.

  • Explanations at different reading level http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

  • Geology http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/geology/geology.html

  • Plate tectonics http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/interior/plate_tectonics.html&edu=elem