Directories,
primary education
A principal feature of this web-based exercise is the coupling of inquiry-based techniques with a virtual reality field trip using panoramic photography and eruption simulations to enable a unique level of interactivity between students and the electronic media. The module follows the NSF-approved approach of Focus, Explore, Reflect and Apply, which is based on effective pedagogical research findings. The main objective is to engage students as explorers and observers, enabling them to learn about volcanic processes and hazards, collect virtual field information, and then formulate hypotheses about the effects of explosive volcanic eruptions and the deposits that they produce. It is suitable for Introductory Earth Science or Natural Hazard courses.
Volcano
Observatories and Data Centers
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Professional
Associations and Government and University Research Groups Around
the World
- CSAV -
The Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes> Univ of Hawaii
at Hilo - Department of Geology
- IASPEI- International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior
- IAHS-International Association of Hydrological Sciences
- IVHHN - The International Volcanic Health Hazard Network
IVHHN was launched in February 2003 through a Leverhulme Trust Research Interchange Grant. IVHHN currently involves around 20 expert members from 15 international institutions and 80 corresponding members. Members of IVHHN work in diverse scientific disciplines such as volcanology, epidemiology, toxicology, public health and physical chemistry with a common aim of trying to determine the health effects of volcanic emissions.
- Mt
Unzen - Decade Volcano
Geologic History, 1990-1995 Chronology
of Activity, Scientific Work, References and Images. Dome growth
had continued since May 1991 and dome-collapse pyroclastic flows
had occurred frequently; total amount of lava erupted reached approximately
0.2 km^3, while around ten thousand pyroclastic flows were counted.
Japanese scientists kept closely monitoring Unzen as a candidate
for long-lived dome growth.
- Natural Hazards Databases at NGDC
- Pacific Science Association (PSA)
A regional non-governmental scientific organization with specific interests in the Pacific islands
- Southwest Volcano Research Center
- The
U.S. Global Change Research Information Office
- The Granular Volcano Group
- The Natural Hazards Mitigation Group at The University Of Geneva, Switzerland
Natural Hazards Mitigation, Volcanoes Mitigation Team (VMT), and Swiss Disaster Relief Unit (SDR).Information and programs on the mitigation of hazards on the international scene. Cool pictures too!
- The Volcanological Society of Japan - providing information about the contents of the Bulletin of the Volcanological Society of Japan .
- TOMS Volcanic SO2
Home Page from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. This WWW server contains information about TOMS instruments, images of recently observed eruption plumes, on-line publications about TOMS SO2, and links to many other WWW servers with volcanic information.
- Universit` di Udine - Dipartimento di Georisorse e Territorio: Stromboli project
Stromboli volcano, one of the Aeolian islands, located north of Sicily, presents a permanent activity which has been reported for thousands of years. This activity results, from the seismic point of view, in a considerable number of explosion-quakes (several per hour) and in a persistent volcanic tremor.
- University of Hawaii: School of Oceanography and Earth Science and Technology
- University of the West Indies
- Volcano Research Center, ERI, Univ. Tokyo
- Volcanic Simulation Group-sponsored by the sponsored by Gruppo Nazionale per la Vulcanologia
- Volcano Systems Center - University of Washington
- World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO)
A Commission of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI)
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Other
Scientific Information, Publications, Image Databases and Photo/Slide
Sets Related to Volcanoes
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Colima Database :
The website is http://www.geociencias.unam.mx/colima/index.php . This site include information on the eruptive history of the Colima Volcanic Complex, complete bibliographic reference of published works, and data from ongoing research from people participating in this initiative. A hazard map (compiled based on previous published works) is also available and it can be visualized with Google Earth. In addition pictures and movies of the volcano edifice, its ongoing activity and the volcanic deposits are available.The mapserver section is still under construction, and the purpose is to have direct access to thematic maps (deposit distributions) and point data (i.e. stratigraphic section, sedimentology, rainfall data, geochemical composition, ages….etc). It is worth mentioning that all data presented in this site came only from published works, and that we are trying to keep all information up-to-date. In particular, anyone that has data, picture or publications not already included in our database, please feel free to send the information and we will include it in the online database.
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The website www.EcuadorVolcanoFieldGuide.com has been developed to
provide teachers, volcanologists, and tourists with resources to plan
volcano-oriented excursions throughout the Ecuadorian Sierra (e.g.,
field camps, spring break geology trips, and weekend outings). It has
not been constructed by a guide service, though it promotes a select
few that we have used in the past. It has been drafted by individuals
who have experience teaching and working throughout the Sierra in
cooperation with the Instituto Geofísico, the Ecuadorian geophysical
institute responsible for monitoring volcanic unrest in the region.
- EOS IDS Volcanology
Team Home Page:
A Global Assessment of Active Volcanism, Volcanic
Hazards, and Volcanic Inputs to the Atmosphere from the Earth Observing
System. Providing information about the project activities of the
NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Interdisciplinary Science (IDS)
Investigation Volcanology Team. EOS is a series of polar-orbiting
remote-sensing satellites planned for launch starting in 1998 and
spanning a period of at least 15 years. EOS is a major component
of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth.
- Fascination
Volcano!
Contains a large selection of volcano photos, and
scientific background information about the volcano of Santorini,
Greece. Offers tours to volcanoes as well.
- Geology of Iceland
- Granular Volcano Group
The ultimate site for understanding granular flows, granular processes, fluid dynamic, supercomputer
modeling, and grain-size analysis in Volcanology, Geophysics, and Physics.
- Hawaii Drilling Project
HSDP has drilled a 1056 m hole in Hilo, Hawaii, retrieving rocks from the Hawaiian volcanoes Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. Now on-line is a complete lithologic core log with photographs and thin-sections. This information can be used by investigators to find areas of interest for possible sampling.
- Images of Volcanoes with Maurice and Katia Krafft (Images de Volcans)
Created by the Conservatoire Régional de l'Image with about 3000 slides (a selection out of 300000) and several video clips made by Maurice and Katia Krafft. This web-site is in French but will also be available in English by the end of 2005.
- Photography Art Gallery on the Web (Robert Fournier)
- The May 1915 Eruptions of Lassen Peak, California, I: Characteristics of Events Occuring May 19. Picture ofBumpass Hell, Lassen Volcanic National Park 1152x130 GIF (162K) of thermal area.
- Volcanoes
on Stamps
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Volcano-Ice Interactions Commission image database The link takes you to the entryway to the image database. If you select 'Search Collection', you will go to a search engine that allows some to search on a number of keywords (e.g. 'pillow' or 'Iceland', etc).
Volcanological
Online Journals
Workshops,
Courses, Field Trips, and Special Sessions
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