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Research Project

Your mission is to find information and report on a volcano, other than the ones listed above, that has erupted in the last 100 years. Your reports must include:

Type of volcano
Geographic location
Name, distance, and population of nearest major city
Date of most recent eruption and date of most destructive eruption
Other events associated with the last eruption (earthquakes, floods, mudslides, etc)

Then, attach a one page description on the major hazards to humans in the vicinity of this volcano. Speculate on what you would do if you were in charge of minimizing the risk to the population.

References
Use these references to start your research:

Alaska Volcano Observatory
Cascades Volcano Observatory
The Electronic Volcano
Michigan Tech Volcanoes Page
NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) IDS Volcanology Team

NASA Facts: Volcanoes and Global Climate Change
NGDC Natural Hazards Data
Volcano Listserv
Volcano Watch Newsletter
JASON Project VI: Island Earth
VolcanoWorld

Bibliography
Check your library for these books:

Cas, R.A.F. and Wright, J. V. (1987).: Volcanic Successions: Modern and Ancient. London: Allen & Unwin.
La Croix, A. (1904): La Montagna Pelée et ses Éruptions. Paris: Masson
Lipman, P.W. and Mullineaux (eds). (1981): The 1980 Eruptions of Mount St. Helens, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1250.

Volcano Web : Research Project

created by Lorrie Lava, lava@pele.bigu.edu
Volcanic Studies, Big University

last modified: April 1, 1995

URL: http://www.bigu.edu/web/project.html