THE ELECTRONIC VOLCANO
Barbara DeFelice, Physical Sciences Librarian, Kresge Library,
D. Randall Spydell, Dept. of Earth Sciences
Richard E. Stoiber, Dept. Earth Sciences
Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 03755, USA
Mt St. Helens, from the U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series (DDS-8).
The Electronic Volcano is a window into the world of information on active volcanoes.
From here you can find many types of materials on active volcanoes worldwide,
such as maps, photographs and full texts of dissertations and a few elusive documents.
The Electronic Volcano will guide you to resources in libraries or resources on other
We are grateful to the many who have assisted us.
The Electronic Volcano was created in memory of volcanologists, friends, from Colombia,
France, Papua New Guinea, Russia, United Kingdom and United States of America who
have died on volcanoes.
Subscribe to the e-mail list VOLCANO%ASUACAD.BITNET to get updates on volcanic activitiy from observatories around the world. Researchers share lists of reprints of their articles on this e-list. Newsletters are posted, such as the Hawaii Volcano Watch and the Global Volcanism Newsletter. Some major journal publishers periodically list the contents of their journals here.
CONTENTS OF THE ELECTRONIC VOLCANO
The casual browser is invited to sample the Electronic Volcano:
See the picture by Katia Krafft Pele Dancing.
Find out about the latest eruptions of the Mexcan volcano Popocatepetl.
Read an eyewitness account of the birth of Paricutin Volcano in Mexico in 1943.
Benjamin Franklin may have been the first person to consider the effect of volcanic eruptions on weather. Read his 1784 paper.
See a volcanic eruption from under the sea as pictured on a postage stamp.
A. CATALOGS OF ACTIVE VOLCANOES
Valuable sources of descriptive information and references to the literature. Selected ones are listed; check with your library for availability.
B. DATASETS FOR LITERATURE CITATIONS RELATIVE TO ACTIVE VOLCANOES
Includes a few of the more elusive items relative to active volcanoes.
Listed by author, title, subject
A list of the major journals concentrating on volcanological research, not including journals such as Science and Nature that cover volcanism as well as many other topics. Some volcanological observatory bulletins are in this list. Each title has a list of libraries holding at least some issues. TABLES OF CONTENTS OF JOURNALS
Photo, radar, videotape and cinematic coverage of active volcanoes
F. MAPS OF ACTIVE VOLCANOES
Topographic Maps -- Geologic Maps -- Volcanic Hazard Maps
Theses for which there are Abstracts and/or some excerpts. Listed by Author
Frequent changes are being made in this document and particularly in those linked to it.
Last updated 28-Mar-1997. Many changes in the links are more recent.
Richard E. Stoiber &
Barbara DeFelice &
D. Randall Spydell