Real Time Eruption News
If you want to know what volcano is erupting now. |
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General Volcano
Excellent for student research with a variety of general subject areas and different levels of expertise. |
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Specific Volcanoes
Sites tend to be more specialised (specific subject areas) and for the more advanced research. |
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Volcanoes Around the World
Sites predominantly specific to individual volcano observatories or volcanoes. |
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Ask-a- ?? (Expert)
Contact a working geoscientist for an answer to your earthy question. |
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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 |
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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.
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