This page contains relevant links from the Volcanic Links page, as well as new links which go into this topic in more detail.

Please read through and make notes on all of this material before our next meeting.

Volcano video clips

• Movie: Volcanic Ash Flows
• Slide show : Damage Caused by Mount St. Helens Ash Flows

Volcanic hazards

Ash flows

• Pyroclastic flows (from How Volcanoes Work)
• Pyroclastic flows (USGS)
• Pyroclastic flows and pyroclastic surges
• A pyroclastic flow in cross section

Photographs

• Pyroclastic flows,Unzen, Japan.
• Another photo set from Unzen

Examples

• Montserrat Volcano Observatory
• Effects of Pyroclastic Flows and Surges at Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat
• Mount St. Helens, Washington - Current Information
• Pinatubo: "The Sleeping Giant Awakens"