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Dr Malcolm Buck's Volcano Websites

Dr Malcolm Buck on the lip of Pu'u 'O'o crater, Hawaii, 1998

This is a list with links of volcanic related web sites considered appropriate for student research on volcanoes (and plate tectonics) compiled by Dr Malcolm D. Buck, formerly of School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales and now self employed.

The list includes informative general sites, sites specific to a branch of research or volcanic area, volcano related search engines, and on-line books.

This page was last updated 5 January 2010.
All links worked that day.

Real Time Eruption News
If you want to know what volcano is erupting now.

Current Volcanic Activity (Volcano World) - http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/volcano/category/volcano-activity-reports/

Volcano Live News (John Seach) - http://www.volcanolive.com/volcanolive.html
Volcanic Ash Advisory Statements (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) - http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/messages.html
Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia) - http://www.bom.gov.au/info/vaac/
Satellite Remote Sensing of Current Eruptions - http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/satellite.html
Volcanic Hazards Updates (USGS Volcanic Hazards Program) - http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/vhpstatus.php
SSEC Volcano Watch - Real Time Satellite Volcano images (Uni of Wisconsin-Madison) - http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/volcano.html
The Earth Today: Earth happenings (Houghton Mifflin) - http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/today.html
Weekly Activity Reports (Smithsonian & Global Volcanism Program) - http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/
Volcano News (European Volcanological Society) - http://www.sveurop.org/gb/news/news.htm
  Recent Volcanic Activity Observed by TOMS (TOMS Volcanic Emissions Group) - http://toms.umbc.edu/
  Live Volcano Cams (John Seach) - http://www.volcanolive.com/volcanocams.html
  Cascade Volcanoes (USA) Webcams - http://www.skimountaineer.com/CascadeSki/CascadeWebCams.php

General Volcano
Excellent for student research with a variety of general subject areas and different levels of expertise.

Volcanoes (USGS - Learning Web)(Teachers, Explorers) - http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/teachers-packets/volcanoes/

Volcano World (Oregon State University) - http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/

How Volcanoes Work (Geology Dept, San Diego State University) - http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/

Volcanoes of the World (Global Volcanism Program) - http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/

Fascination Volcano - http://www.decadevolcano.net/index.htm

Natural Hazards - Volcanoes (US Geological Survey) - http://www.usgs.gov/themes/volcano.html

Global Volcanism Program - http://www.volcano.si.edu/index.cfm

Find a volcano by eruption date (Global Volcanism Program) - http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/find_eruptions.cfm

Volcano Live (John Seach) - http://www.volcanolive.com/

Volcano Pages (Michigan Technological University) - http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/

Volcano Picture of the Week - http://www.vpow.org/

Volcano Heaven (Donna & Stephen O'Meara) - http://volcanoheaven.tumblr.com/

Volcano Hazards Program (US Geological Survey) - http://volcanoes.usgs.gov

What are Volcano Hazards (US Geological Survey- Western Region) - http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs002-97/

Volcano Hazards Fact Sheets (US Geological Survey) - http://water.usgs.gov/wid/index-hazards.html

Volcano Information Center of R.V.Fisher (Uni of California, Santa Barbara, Geology Dept) - http://volcanology.geol.ucsb.edu/

Volcanology (Hands-on activities) (Uni of Hawaii at Manoa) - http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/VolcanologyDoc.html

About Volcanoes (CBC News InDepth) - http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/forcesofnature/volcanoes.html

World Organization of Volcanic Observatories (IAVCEI) - http://www.wovo.org/Wovo.org-Homepage.html

International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (IVHHN) - http://www.ivhhn.org/

Volcano Discovery - Walking & study tours for small groups and individuals - http://www.volcanodiscovery.com

Specific Volcanoes
Sites tend to be more specialised (specific subject areas) and for the more advanced research.

The Electronic Volcano (Dartmouth College) - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/

Volcanology Team (NASA Earth Observing System IDS) - http://eos.higp.hawaii.edu/

Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network (Global Volcanism Program) - http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/bulletin/

International Assn of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) - http://www.iavcei.org/

Cambridge Volcanology Group - http://www-volcano.geog.cam.ac.uk/

Volcanoes Around the World
Sites predominantly specific to individual volcano observatories or volcanoes.

The World's Most Active Volcanoes (John Seach) - http://www.volcanolive.com/active2.htm
Hawaii Volcano Watch (US Geological Survey) - http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/
Hawaii Volcano Observatory (US Geological Survey) - http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/
Hawaii Center for Volcanology (Uni of Hawaii, Manoa) - http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/hcv.html
Hawaii Photo Gallery (US Geological Survey) - http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/gallery/
Centre for Study of Active Volcanoes (CSAV - University of Hawaii) - http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~csav/
Cascades Volcano Observatory (US Geological Survey) - http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html
Crater Lake National Park (US Geological Survey) - http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/CraterLake/Locale/framework.html
Alaska Volcano Observatory (US Geological Survey) - http://www.avo.alaska.edu/index.php
Long Valley Volcanic Observatory (US Geological Survey) - http://lvo.wr.usgs.gov/
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (US Geological Survey) - http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/
Iceland - Volcanoes (Nordic Volcanologial Center, University of Iceland) - http://www2.norvol.hi.is/
Italy's Volcanoes (Boris Behncke) - http://boris.vulcanoetna.it/
Explore Italy's Volcanoes - http://www.goin2travel.com/articles/explore-italys-volcanoes.html
Stromboli Project (Uni of Udine) - http://udgtls.dgt.uniud.it/seismol/strombol.htm
Stromboli Online (Volcanoes of the World) - http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli
Current Eruptions in Japan (University of Tokyo) - http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/VRC/vrc/erup/erup.htmll
Philippine Institute of Volcanology - http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/
Indonesian Volcanoes - http://discover-indo.tierranet.com/Volcanoes00.htm
Indonesian Volcanoes and Volcanics (Cascades Volcanic Observatory) - http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Indonesia/framework.html
Indonesia (Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation) - http://www.vsi.esdm.go.id/
Volcanoes in New Zealand - (Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences) - http://www.gns.cri.nz/what/earthact/volcanoes/index.html
Te Ara-the Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Volcanoes (R. Smith, D. J. Lowe and I. Wright) -
http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/NaturalHazardsAndDisasters/Volcanoes/en
The Geonet Program - Monitoring Geological Hazards in New Zealand - http://www.geonet.org.nz/

Ask-a- ?? (Expert)
Contact a working geoscientist for an answer to your earthy question.

Ask a Volcanologist (101 Frequently Asked Questions, Volcano World) - http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/volcanoes.html

Ask an Earth Scientist (University of Hawaii) - http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/askanerd.html

Ask a Geologist (US Geological Survey) - http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist/

All Experts.com (Geology) - http://www.allexperts.com/browse.cgi?catLvl=3&catID=1359

Ask Scientific American - http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm

Online Books and Resources
These books are an excellent resource for those into plate tectonics and volcanoes.

The Dynamic Earth (W.J. Kious & R.I. Tilling) - http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html

Volcanoes (R.I. Tilling) - http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/

Monitoring Active Volcanoes (R.I. Tilling) - http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/monitor/

Volcanoes of the United States (S.R. Brantley) - http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volcus/

Eruptions of Mt St Helens - Past, Present and Future(R.I. Tilling, L. Topinka, & D.A. Swanson) - http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/msh//title.html

Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes - Past, Present and Future (R.I. Tilling, C. Heliker, & T.L. Wright) - http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/hawaii/

Volcanic and Seismic Hazards of Hawaii (general interest) (USGS) - http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/hazards/

Fire and Mud - Eruptions and Lahars of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines (1,200 text pages in the paper
volume; scientific) [C.G. Newhall & R.S. Punonbayan (Eds)] - http://pubs.usgs.gov/pinatubo/

Biology, Geology, Hydrology, and Geography (US Geological Survey Learning Web) - http://www.usgs.gov/education/index.html

A Volcano Specific Search Engine

Yahoo - http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Geology_and_Geophysics/Volcanology/Volcanoes/

General Volcano Textbooks
The following textbooks are good for student research on volcanoes.

Francis P. 1993. Volcanoes - A planetary perspective. Oxford University Press.
Fisher R V., Heiken G., Hulen J B. 1997. Volcanoes - crucibles of change. Princeton University Press.
Decker R & Decker B. 1997. Volcanoes. 3rd Edition, W.H Freeman & Co. Includes CD
Coch N K. 1995. Geohazards - natural and human. Prentice Hall.

This website was last updated 29 May 2010