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BUILDING A VOLCANO SCIENCE KIT TOPICS
This course has ended.
USGS Alaska Science Center, Alaska Volcano Observatory, Alaska Pacific University

TOPICS TO BE COVERED WITH OUR KIT
Plate tectonics (GLE) Aleutian Volcanic arc, regional subduction zone CB

Volcanic landforms and activity in Alaska

JY

Geochemical Cycles (GLE), magma movement, structure of a volcanoe

JA
Hazards of volcanoes in Alaska, Ash cloud tracking, air traffic, communities and cities, pyroclastic flows KL

Global Climate Change, puncturated climatic occurrences assoicated with volcanic eruptions, Geochemical Cycles (GLE)

JR

Volcanic rock types and associated volcanoes, igneous rocks (volcanic vs. plutonic), viscosity, Geochemical Cycles (GLE)

KM
Monitoring/Research and Careers all

This is Building a Volcano Science Kit Topics and Components

Updated 11/28/06
Email:jadleman@usgs.gov
URL of this page http://www.avo.alaska.edu/apu_course/topics2006.html