VOLCANIC MORPHOLOGY

BOB CARSON, 2011

MOUNT KENYA, AFRICA

 LANDFORMS
•  LAVA FLOWS
•  BASALT & IGNMBRITE PLATEAUS
•  SHIELD VOLCANOES
•  SPATTER CONES
•  STRATOVOLCANOES = COMPOSITE CONES
•  DOMES
•  PYROCLASTIC CONES

SOUFRIERE HILLS, MONTSERRAT:1997

 MAGMAS & ROCKS
•  BASALT
•  ANDESITE
•  DACITE
•  RHYOLITE

NEWBERRY CALDERA, OREGON

 PROCESSES
•  VULCANISM (EXPLOSIVITY?)
•  MASS WASTING
•  FLUVIAL
•  GLACIAL

MOUNT ST HELENS, CASCADES, WASHINGTON: 2007

COLUMBIA PLATEAU
KILAUEA, HAWAII, 1967: PAHOEHOE
SNAKE RIVER PLAIN, IDAHO
SOUFIERE HILLS VOLCANO, MONTSERRAT, 1997
MOUNT ST. HELENS, CASCADES, WASHINGTON: 1980
CRATERS OF THE MOON, IDAHO
SANTAIGO ISLAND, GALAPAGOS, ECUADOR
PAHOEHOE TOES, KONA, HAWAI I
KILAUEA, HAWAI I: AA

www.earlham.edu/~bestan/bestvolcano.htm
HEKLA, ICELAND
SUNSET CRATER, ARIZONA
MOUNT CAPULIN, NEW MEXICO
NEWBERRY CALDERA, OREGON
CRATERS OF THE MOON, IDAHO
SANTAIGO ISLAND, GALAPAGOS, ECUADOR
 MOUNT ST. HELENS,
CASCADES, WASHINGTON
MOUNT ETNA, SICILY, ITALY
OLDOINYO LENGAI, TANZANIA, 2001
OLDOINYO LENGAI, TANZANIA, 2001
BARTOLOME ISLAND, GALAPAGOS, ECUADOR
ASKJA CALDERA, ICELAND
BARTOLOME ISLAND, GALAPAGOS, ECUADOR
PARACUTIN, MEXICO, 1943 www.bgc-albany.org/.../97322jv/support.htm
SUNSET CRATER, ARIZONA
MENAN BUTTES, IDAHO www.panoramio.com/photo/3044646
NEWBERRY CALDERA, OREGON
FORT ROCK, OREGON
HOLE-IN-THE –GROUND, OREGON
NORTH SISTER, CASCADES, OREGON
SHIP ROCK, NEW MEXICO
Topographic inversion
SPANISH PEAKS, COLORADO
GRANDE RONDE RIVER, WASHINGTON

FROGGY
POND,
SOUTH
AFRICA
MOUNT ST HELENS, WASHINGTON:
1984, 2007
MONO CRATERS, CALIFORNIA
PARACUTIN, MEXICO:
1943-1952
Bromo Volcano area, Java, Indonesia
2011
2011
CHERAN-CHALCO,
MEXICO
KARMSKY VOLCANO, KAMCHATKA
 MOUNT ST HELENS,
CASCADES, WASHINGTON:
1968, 1980
22 ka

SOUTH SISTER, CASCADES, OREGON

18 ka 55 ka

MIDDLE & NORTH SISTERS, CASCADES, OREGON

MOUNT RAINIER, CASCADES, WASHINGTON
MOUNT THIELSEN, CASCADES, OREGON
MAUNA LOA & MAUNA KEA, HAWAII
HALEAKALA, EAST MAUI
WEST MAUI
WEST
OAHU
MOUNT ST HELENS, CASCADES, WASHINGTON
MOUNT SHASTA, CASCADES, CALIFORNIA