Remember also to check the links on the textbook homepage (click on the
chapter numbers in the online syllabus)
Igneous rocks
- Igneous
properties and igneous rocks: additional links
Introduction
to igneous rocks (from University of British Columbia)
Igneous
rock texture
- Lecture
notes on igneous rocks (from Georgia Perimeter College)
Self-guided
module on igneous rocks
Intrusive
igneous rocks
Granite
description-
Rob's
Granite Page
- ENCHANTED
ROCK
Pete's
Basalt Page
Volcanoes and volcanic activity
- Additional
links on volcanoes and volcanism
- Lecture
notes on volcanoes: Pamela Gore, Georgia Perimeter College
Lecture
notes on volcanism from Univ. of Florida (particularly good on the
Pacific
Northwest)
- Home
Page of Volcano World
- Volcano-tectonic
environments
- Cascades
Volcano Observatory Home Page
Fire and mud: eruptions
and lahars at Mt. Pinatubo
Debris
avalanches and volcanic landslides - from USGS
Smithsonian Institution
Global
Volcanism Program
Volcanoes
in different regions of the world
Volcano
hazards (from USGS)
Slide
set from "Volcanoes: a Planetary Perspective"
Hawaiian volcanoes
Eruptions
of Kilauea (Hawaiian shield volcano, extremely active)
Kilauea - perhaps the
world's most active volcano
Kilauea
virtual field trips
Evolution
of Kilauea over the last 10,000 years
Hawaii Center for
Volcanology
Formation
of the Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian Volcano
Observatory
General information
on Hawaiian volcanoes
Mauna Loa - the earth's
largest volcano
Lo'ihi Seamount
- Hawaii's youngest volcano
Lo'ihi
home page
How Hawaiian volcanoes
work
Assorted other volcanoes
The 1991
Eruption
of Mt.Pinatubo (biggest eruption in 80 years!)
U.S.
Geological Survey accounts of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption
Images of
Pinatubo
from the Michigan Technological University web site
- Mount
St. Helens
A
general slide set for the Mount St. Helens eruption
Volcanoes
and volcanic rocks of the western U.S.
Flood
basalts of the Columbia Plateau
Soufriere
Hills, Montserrat, West Indies
Effect
of pyroclastic flows and surges at Soufriere Hills Volcano
- Recent eruptions
in Iceland
Italy's
Volcanoes,
"the cradle of volcanology"(including the most recent eruption of
Mt. Etna)
Long
Valley Caldera and Mono-Inyo Craters Volcanic Field, California
Yellowstone
Volcano
Observatory - monitoring the largest volcanic system in North America
Path of
the
Yellowstone hot spot
Comparative
sizes of eruptions
Areas
covered
by volcanic ash from Yellowstone eruptions
Cross-section
of Yellowstone caldera
The
Quaternary
and Pliocene Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field (USGS Professional
Paper
729-G)
Article
on
the Yellowstone eruptions
Valles Caldera
Geology of
the Valles Caldera
Resurgent
calderas
and the Valles Caldera
Satellite
images of volcanoes
Volcanoes
and global climate change (NASA)
Volcanoes
on Mars