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volcanism and plate tectonics

Soufrière Hills, Montserrat

How volcanoes work, explained by a volcanologist

Cerro Negro volcano

Kilauea volcano

Luzon, Philippines

Momotombo Volcano and Momotombito Island, Nicaragua

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Mount Saint Helens (Cascade Range, southwestern Washington) spewing ash during the 1980 eruption.; Mount St. Helens

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Volcanic eruption of a volcano near Antigua, Guatemala

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

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volcanism and plate tectonics

Soufrière Hills, Montserrat

Cerro Negro volcano

Kilauea volcano

Luzon, Philippines

Momotombo Volcano and Momotombito Island, Nicaragua

How volcanoes work, explained by a volcanologist

View original footage of Paricutín's nine-year volcanic eruption and the devastation experienced by surrounding communities

Learn about the volcanic collapse of Mount Mazama and Crater Lake caldera formation in Cascade Range

Discover the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, buried in volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted

Learn how basaltic rock composing the Columbia Plateau was once lava from a series of volcanic fissure eruptions

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volcano magma intraplate volcanism degassing volcanic eruption subglacial volcanism plume kimberlite eruption hot spring mud volcano plate tectonics earthquake seafloor spreading diastrophism seismicity continental drift continent supercontinent

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Alexander von Humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt

German explorer and naturalist

Leopold, Baron von Buch

German geologist

Nikolay Aleksandrovich Kozyrev

Russian astronomer

Scrope, George Julius Poulett

George Julius Poulett Scrope

British geologist