Hawai'ian Volcanoes, Main Page, Contents

VOLCANIC HAZARDS ON HAWAII

1) Lava Flows
2) Airborne Lava Fragments
3) Volcanic Gases
4) Explosive Eruptions
5) Ground Cracks and Settling

EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS

6) Volcanoes and Earthquakes
7) Definition of Hazard Zones
8) TSUNAMIS
9) Monitoring - and its Flaws

WHEN LAVA ENTERS THE SEA

10) Explosions and collapsing land endanger people
11) Growth and Collapse of Lava Deltas
12) Collapse of active lava deltas
13) Explosions at the Edge of an Active Lava Delta
14) Partial collapse of lava delta triggers littoral lava fountains
and bubble bursts.
15) Water temperatures where lava enters the sea

The Hawai'ian Volcano Observatory

16) Background and history
17) The HVO and Risk Management

about the author:
Tom Bacon, age 18. Student at Batley Grammar School, UK.
He has an active imagination, and is an enthusiastic researcher.
Organizing a lot of things at school.

There, he became fascinated with geography in general and volcanoes in
particular, collecting and collating a mass of data and material that he absolutely loves
to improve on.

He is almost obsessive about the collection and perfection of knowledge
(especially about volcanoes) and is considering teaching as a life-occupation.

The article on Hawai'ian Volcanoes is a compilation and condensation
of about fifteen volcanology books,a collection of USGS-sites, and more....

If you asks how he finds time for all this, just don't ask That's his big problem....