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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 a lecturer in geology in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales and Senior Lecturer in Geology at the University of Newcastle, and now retired.

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 13 December 2011.
 All links worked that day.


Real-Time Volcano Eruption News
If you want to know what volcano is erupting now and how!

 -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

 - The Earth Today: Earth happenings (Houghton Mifflin) - http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/today.html

 - Current 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

 - Hot Spot Images (Hawai'i Instiutute of Geophysics and Planetology) (10-30 mins old) - http://goes.higp.hawaii.edu/index.shtml

 - USA Volcanic Hazards Updates (USGS Volcanic Hazards Program) - http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/vhpstatus.php

 - 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 research with a variety of general subject areas and different levels of expertise.

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

 - Big Ideas of Volcanology (Michigan Technolgical University) - http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/VBigIdeas/Welcome.html

 - Fascination Volcano (Tom Pfeiffer) - http://www.decadevolcano.net/index.htm

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

 - Flood basalts, mantle plumes and mass extinctions (The Geological Society) - http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/flood_basalts_1

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

 - How Volcanoes Work (Geology Dept, San Diego State University) - http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/
 
  - Natural Hazards - Volcanoes (US Geological Survey) - http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/index.php

 - PhotoVolcanica (Recent volcano eruption photos by Dr Richard Roscoe) - http://www.photovolcanica.com/PhotovolcanicaFullIndex.html

 - PubVolc - volcanology literature and volcanology reprints (Durham University) - http://www.pubvolc.net/index.php5

 - Super-eruptions (The Geological Society) - http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/education/resources/page2965.html

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

 - Volcano Hazards Fact Sheet (US Geological Survey) - http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2006/3014/

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

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

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

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

 - 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 Satellite Images - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/radar/sircxsar/volcanoes.html

 - Volcano Watch (Satellite Images of Active Volcanoes) (SSEC, Univesity of Wisconsin) - http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/volcano.html

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

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

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

Volcano Research Groups & Associations
Sites tend to be for specialised people or a specific subject area and for the more advanced volcanologists.

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

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

 - Centre for Study of Active Volcanoes (CSAV - University of Hawaii) - http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~csav/

 - Hawaii Center for Volcanology (Uni of Hawaii, Hilo) - http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/hcv.html

 - International Assn of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) - http://www.iavcei.org/
 
 - International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (IVHHN) - http://www.ivhhn.org/ 

 -The Electronic Volcano (Dartmouth College) - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/
 - Volcano Discovery - Volcanoes of the World (Volcano Tours & Expeditions) - http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcanoes.html

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

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

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

 - The World's Most Active Volcanoes (John Seach) - http://www.volcanolive.com/active2.htm

 - From Etna to Stromboli (Thorsten Boeckel) (Lots of Great Images)- http://www.tboeckel.de/intex/int_e.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 Photo Gallery (US Geological Survey) - http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/gallery/

 - 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 Volcanological Center, University of Iceland) - http://www2.norvol.hi.is/

 - 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

 - 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/index-en.html

 - Japan - Current Eruptions (University of Tokyo) - http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/VRC/vrc/erup/erup.htmll

 - Japan's Volcano Research Center - http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/VRC/index_E.html

 - New Zealand Volcanoes - (Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences) -
      http://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Volcanoes/New-Zealand-Volcanoes

 - 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/

 - Philippine Institute of Volcanology & Seismology - http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/

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

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

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

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

Sigurdson H, Houghton B, McNutt S, Rymer H & Stix J. 2000. Encyclopedia of Volcanoes. Academic Press

Francis P & Oppenheimer C. 2004. Volcanoes. 3rd Edition. Oxford.

Schmincke H-U. 2004. Volcanism. Springer.

Lewis B & de Lajartre P E B. 2007. Red Volcanoes. Thames - Hudson.

Parfitt L & Wilson L. 2008. Fundamentals of Physical Volcanology. Wiley-Blackwell.

Lockwood J P, Hazlett R W. 2010. Volcanoes: Global Perspective. Wiley-Blackwell.

Lopez, Rosaly 2011. Volcanoes: A Beginners Guide, Oneworld Publications, Oxford, UK.

Oppenheimer C. 2011. Eruptions that Shook the World. Cambridge University Press.
Siebert L, Simkin T, & Kimberly, P. 2011. Volcanoes of the World: 3rd Edition. Smithsonian Institution.

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