CLASSIFICATION OF PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES Although a general agreement exists on the classification of modern pyroclastic rocks, regional differences often add significant complications, so that specific classification...
STATUS OF VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN THE LESSER ANTILLES Island Potentially active volcano Last Holocene Eruption Historic Volcanic Earthquakes Geothermal Activity Saba Saba 280 yrs BP X X St. Eustatius The...
Island Arcs of the Lesser Antilles
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Geophysicist Dr. Ian stewart has kindly prepared for the website radar images of the islands using the 2000 shuttle imagery. An explanation of how this was...
GREEN VOLCANOES Green tropical jungle-covered volcanoes standing out of warm blue seas in balmy Trade Winds, surrounded by palm-lined white coral sand beaches and reefs may be the ideal of...
SOME VOLCANO WEBSITES www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work www.volcanoworld.org www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes http://volcanoes.usgs.gov www.uwiseismic.com www.caribbeanvolcanoes.com www.geokem.com www.dominicapsn.freeyellow.com www.gl.rhul.ac.uk/schools/cabinet03/drawer01.htm Some sites include video clips that require the installation of Quick Time.
SOME VOLCANICLASTIC TERMINOLOGY PYROCLAST – Juvenile crystals, crystal fragments, glass or rock fragments produced during a volcanic eruption. BOMB – A pyroclast with a mean diameter exceeding 64mm. It may...
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