The glossary has about 60 terms that are primarily types of volcanoes or vents, eruption types, and eruptive products. Clicking on a term displays a captioned photograph illustrating the concept and a glossary definition. Below the photgraph are related glossary terms and sometimes other information or photograph links. Educational levels: Graduate or professional, High school, Informal education, Middle school, Undergraduate lower division, Undergraduate upper division
These lecture notes provide information on magma production, types of igneous rocks, and volcanic pr...
At this site, different kinds of eruptions are compared with Hawaiian eruptions. Students will learn...
This page describes the different types of calderas: Crater-Lake type calderas, which are associated...
This site lists the basic types of volcanoes: scoria cone, shield volcano, and stratovolcano. Each i...
This United States Geological Survey (USGS) website discusses volcano hazards by type (gas, lahars, ...
This glossary provides definitions of terms necessary to understand the modern glacier environment. ...
This educational resource describes the science behind volcanoes and volcanic processes. Topics incl...
This site describes the three forms of volcanoes, which are cinder cones, the shield type and the co...
This site describes the variability of eruption types, from quiescent lava emissions to extremely vi...
This page presents information about the four principle types of volcanoes found on Earth. Diagrams ...
This volcano resource introduces the six-type classification system and points out weaknesses of the...
These simple diagrams of the structure and materials of a volcano show a magma chamber and define ma...
This portal provides links to an extensive list of volcano-related websites for the United States an...
This site describes volcanic features and phenomena generated by volcanic eruptions. It discusses er...
This webquest provides a information and links explaining the different types of volcanoes, lava flo...
These lecture notes provide information on magma production, types of igneous rocks, and volcanic pr...
At this site, different kinds of eruptions are compared with Hawaiian eruptions. Students will learn...
This page describes the different types of calderas: Crater-Lake type calderas, which are associated...
This site lists the basic types of volcanoes: scoria cone, shield volcano, and stratovolcano. Each i...
This United States Geological Survey (USGS) website discusses volcano hazards by type (gas, lahars, ...
This glossary provides definitions of terms necessary to understand the modern glacier environment. ...
This educational resource describes the science behind volcanoes and volcanic processes. Topics incl...
This site describes the three forms of volcanoes, which are cinder cones, the shield type and the co...
This site describes the variability of eruption types, from quiescent lava emissions to extremely vi...
This page presents information about the four principle types of volcanoes found on Earth. Diagrams ...
This volcano resource introduces the six-type classification system and points out weaknesses of the...
These simple diagrams of the structure and materials of a volcano show a magma chamber and define ma...
This portal provides links to an extensive list of volcano-related websites for the United States an...
This site describes volcanic features and phenomena generated by volcanic eruptions. It discusses er...
This webquest provides a information and links explaining the different types of volcanoes, lava flo...
These lecture notes provide information on magma production, types of igneous rocks, and volcanic pr...
At this site, different kinds of eruptions are compared with Hawaiian eruptions. Students will learn...
This page describes the different types of calderas: Crater-Lake type calderas, which are associated...