Pathfinder
– Thompson: Volcanoes and Geothermal Activity
Use the sources and links below to locate information on your topic.
Print Sources
Destiny , the WHS online catalog. Williamsburg Regional Public Library - Search the online catalog.
Electronic Resources
 eLibrary: General database of information from various sources.
 Gale eBooks : Full-text books available online from Warhill or at home or on an iPod
Touch/iPhone or Android device with a password. Searching can be ebook only, or databases can be included in the search.
Suggested Websites http://www.volcano.si.edu/ : Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Global
Volcanism Program home page
Hawaii https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/hcv.html
: Hawaii Center for Volcanology. Includes information about formation http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/hawaii-volcanoes : Includes information on monitoring and eruptions. http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/ : USGS – Hawaiian Volcano Observatory http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/hualalai-geothermal-study-planned : Hualalai geothermal study planned
Iceland http://www.volcano.si.edu/region.cfm?rn=17 : Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural
History, Global Volcanism Program – Iceland http://www.iceland.is/the-big-picture/nature-environment/volcanoes/ : Volcanoes – Government website
Mount St. Helens http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/st_helens/ : Mount St. Helens, USGS information https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/st_helens/st_helens_geo_hist_101.html
: Geology and history summary of Mount St. Helens

http://www.fs.usda.gov/mountsthelens : Mount St. Helens, US Forest Service
Catoctin Greenstone http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCcQFjAB&url=http%3A
%2F%2Fgeology.wm.edu%2Fbailey%2FCatoctinFormation.pdf&ei=x7YvVarHKoeXgwTV0INo&usg=AFQjC
NGDxZ15gdGQhi5jRfDUw8kofLj_4A&bvm=bv.91071109,d.eXY
: Catoctin Formation PDF, geology.wm.edu http://www.virginiaplaces.org/geology/blueridge.html
: Geology of the Blue Ridge in Virginia http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/vageol/outreach/fieldtrips/rockingham/origin.html
: A Brief Geologic
History of Rockingham County (VA)
Tambora http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tambora.html
: Volcano Discovery: Tambora Volcano http://scied.ucar.edu/shortcontent/mount-tambora-and-year-without-summer : Mount Tambora http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/indonesia/tambora.html
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Tambora, Sumbawa, Indonesia
Deccan Traps http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/oldroot/volcanoes/volc_images/europe_west_asia/india/deccan.html
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Deccan Traps, India http://web.mit.edu/nchat/www/research-deccan.shtml
: Deccan Traps http://www.sci-news.com/geology/science-deccan-traps-volcanism-dinosaur-extinction-02345.html
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Deccan Traps Volcanism May Have Contributed to Dinosaur Extinction http://www.mantleplumes.org/Deccan.html
: Deccan Traps
Yellowstone http://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/geology.htm
: Yellowstone: National Park Service Site – Geology http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/ : Yellowstone, USGS information http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=9&ved=0CEEQFjAI&url=http%3A
%2F%2Fwww.tbi.montana.edu%2Foutreach%2Fhotscience%2Fmaterials%2Fresources%2FYNP%2520Ge ology.pdf&ei=QcAvVZ2DC43lggTU4IDIDQ&usg=AFQjCNGT70Ty7Eu_eMV88ckzztpoFXq7Ug&bvm=bv.910
71109,d.eXY
: Yellowstone Geology from Montana State University
Pompeii http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vesuvius : Mount Vesuvius http://www.livescience.com/27871-mount-vesuvius-pompeii.html
: Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Plinian.html
: Plinian eruptions

http://www.basicplanet.com/mount-vesuvius-volcano/ : Mount Vesuvius http://geology.com/volcanoes/vesuvius/ : Mount Vesuvius
Grand Canyon http://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/geologicformations.htm
: Grand Canyon: National Park Service –
Geology http://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/nature/geologicformations.htm
: Grand Canyon Geology http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/oldroot/volcanoes/volc_images/north_america/uinkaret.html
: Uinkaret
Volcanic Field, Western Grand Canyon, Arizona
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