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Natural Disasters By: Patrick L. Abbott Chapter 7 Volcanism and Plate Tectonics Overview Plate-Tectonic Setting of Volcanoes Volcanism at Spreading Centers Volcanism at Subduction Zones Killer Events and Processes at SubductionZone Volcanoes Hot Spots Overview (cont.) Volcanism at Continental Hot Spots Gigantic Intraplate Volcanic Eruptions Volcano Monitoring and Warning Plate-Tectonic Setting of Volcanoes Locations Activity Volcanism at Spreading Centers Iceland Fissure Eruption of 1783 Jokulhlaup of 1996 Killer Lakes of Cameroon, Africa Failed rifts Volcanism at Subduction Zones Cascade Range, Pacific Northwest Mount St. Helens, Washington, 1980 Lassen Peak, California, 1914-17 Mount Shasta, California Mount Rainier, Washington Killer Events and Processes at Subduction-Zone Volcanoes Pyroclastic Flows Mount Mayan, Philippines, 1968 Mount Unzen, Japan, 1991 Mont Pelee, 1902-1903, 1929-1932 Mont Pelee, Martinique, 1902 Lahars Nevado Del Ruiz, Columbia, 1985 Hot Spots Volcanism at Oceanic Hot spots Hawaii Killer Event of 1790 Volcanism at Continental Hot Spots Yellowstone National Park Eruptive Sequence Resurgent domes Gigantic Intraplate Volcanic Eruptions Long Valley, California Characteristics History Volcano Monitoring and Warning Signs Program Benefits
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