Earthquakes and Volcanoes!

Earthquakes and

Volcanoes!

Ms. Xiong – 4th Grade

Kilauea (Hawaiian Islands)

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/archive/2007/Jul/DSCN0674_L.jpg

Anak Krakatau Volcano - Indonesia

Chaiten Volcano - Chile

This isn’t snow!

Monseratt Volcano – West Indies

Cleveland Volcano - Alaska

Volcanoes Nat’l Park - Hawaii

Llaima Volcano - Chile

Source of Slides 2-8: www.earthmountainview.com/volcanos.html

USGS.gov

Super Volcanoes Around the World

Long Valley - California, Toba - Indonesia, Taupo in New Zealand. Others include the large caldera volcanoes of Japan, Indonesia.

Turkey – Middle East

Great San Francisco 1906 - California California bridge - 1989

Piton de la Fournaise –

Reunion Island (Indian Ocean)

http://spluch.blogspot.com/2007/04/indian-ocean-volcano-eruption.html

Pillow Lava (basalt) – ocean floor

http://www.discoverourearth.org/instructor/volcanoes/images/nur05018_noaa_pillowlava.gif

Credits: NOAA

Beichuan County, China 2008

Nishinomiya, Japan 1995

http://www.scienceclarified.com/images/uesc_04_img0203.jpg

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