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- earthquakes
- interplanetary dust particle generation
- seismology
- tephrochronology
- volcanism and tectonic activity
- volcanoes
- In volcano
Earth sciences
landform evolution
- mountain-building systems
- tectonism
- climate change
- formation of abyssal hills
- In abyssal hill
- ocean basin formation
- ocean salinity
- spreading centres
geologic features
- mineralogy
- mountain belts and mountain ranges
- plateaus
- subduction zone
geologic time
- Cambrian Period
- Cenozoic Era
- Ordovician Period
- Silurian Period
occurrences
- Asian Mesozoic events
- end-Triassic extinction
- Io
- In Jupiter: Io
- Moon
- Uranus
- Venus
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Add new Web site: UNESCO-EOLSS - Volcanism: Geological And Geographic Perspectives. | Aug 02, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: Academia - Plate Tectonics and Volcanism. | Jul 31, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: Thompson Rivers University Pressbooks - Environmental Geology - Volcanism. | May 09, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: Lunar and Planetary Institute - Shaping the Planets: Volcanism. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: Salt Lake Community College Pressbooks - Physical Geography and Natural Disasters - Volcanism. | Feb 16, 2024 | ||
Media added. | Aug 28, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Volcanic activity: a review for health professionals. | Mar 31, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Volcanic activity: a review for health professionals. | Mar 31, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts Library - Volcanism. | Sep 06, 2022 | ||
Changed "where two lithospheric plates converge" to "where two tectonic plates converge." | Sep 12, 2019 | ||
Added a photograph of a volcano in the Soufriere Hills of Montserrat. | Sep 12, 2019 | ||
Add new Web site: The Geological Society - Volcanism, impacts and mass extinctions. | Nov 18, 2018 | ||
Add new Web site: The Royal Society - Philosophical Transactions A - Volcanism and the atmosphere. | Nov 18, 2018 | ||
Add new Web site: University of Bristol - Palaeobiology - The Effect of Volcanism. | Nov 14, 2018 | ||
Added video describing the formation of volcanoes at tectonic boundaries. | Mar 04, 2011 | ||
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Institution - Global Volcanism Program. | Jan 28, 2011 | ||
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Institution - Global Volcanism Program. | Jan 28, 2011 | ||
Added new Web site: Natural Sciences Program - Volcanic Activity. | Dec 21, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: U.S. Geological Survey - How Hawaiian Volcanoes Work. | Oct 30, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: Global Volcanism Program - Volcanoes of the World. | Oct 24, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: Global Volcanism Program - Volcanoes of the World. | Oct 24, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - Volcano Facts. | Jun 16, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: Global Volcanism Program - Volcanoes of the World. | Jun 12, 2006 | ||
Added new Web site: Global Volcanism Program - Volcanoes of the World. | Jun 12, 2006 | ||
Article revised and updated. | Apr 27, 2006 | ||
Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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