The five main types of volcanic eruptions and their characteristics, depending on the composition and viscosity of the magma VIDEOGRAPHIC ...

One final type of volcanic system is the Large Igneous Province, a massive outpouring of lava made from rocks called basalts. These eruptions can flood millions of square miles with lava that's ...

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that the lava geysers were preceded by more than 100 cycles of lava rise and fall, vent ...

Matt Haney, scientist-in-charge with the Alaska Volcano Observatory, said in an interview Monday, March 24, that Spurr first ...

Several international flights from Indonesia’s resort island Bali were cancelled after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano ...

There are many different kinds of volcanoes, ranging from the Hawaiian type, which produces gentle, effusive eruptions that tourists can observe from mere steps away, to the andesitic variety ...

During the 2002 eruption, swaths of lava up ... which is derived from the verb lavare, to wash. The type of lava erupted by Nyiragongo and many volcanoes in the East Rift zone of Africa, called ...

In 2002 the volcano shot more than 15 million ... The recent eruptions hadn't been classic, spouting-out-the-top types, so-called Plinian eruptions, but rather fissure eruptions, like bursting ...

Scientists in Iceland have warned that a volcanic eruption could soon happen on the island. Since late October 2023, there's been an increase in earthquake activity in the region around Reykjavik ...

Composite volcanoes are the most common type of volcano. They can have violent eruptions and can grow bigger as layers of thick lava and ash harden on top of each other. Mount Etna in Sicily ...

The threat level is derived by a combination of the volcanic hazards and the exposure of potential eruptions, including their type and frequency. Another key factor is the risk of volcanic ...