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Volcano Activity from 1960 through 1995 (WMS)
This animation represents cumulative global volcanic activity over a 36-year span, from 1960 through 1995. Volcanoes occur near but not on tectonic plate boundaries. If a plate boundary is a convergent boundary, where one plate is subducting under another, then volcanoes occur on the top plate, over the area where rock from the subducting plate has melted, is rising, and has broken through to the surface. The Mt. St. Helens eruption is visible in this animation starting in March, 1980.

This animation shows cumulative global volcano activity from 1960 through 1995. The color of each dot indicates the strength of the activity of the volcano.    This animation shows cumulative global volcano activity from 1960 through 1995. The color of each dot indicates the strength of the activity of the volcano.
Duration: 13.0 seconds
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This is the legend for the volcano activity animation. Each value of the bar has two colors: the brighter color represents currently active volcaoes, while the darker color represents previously active volcanoes. 		   This is the legend for the volcano activity animation. Each value of the bar has two colors: the brighter color represents currently active volcaoes, while the darker color represents previously active volcanoes.

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Animation Number:2908
Completed:2004-06-23
Animators:Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
 Eric Sokolowsky (GST)
Scientist:Tom Watters (Smithsonian/Air and Space)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:Airborne Topographic Mapper
 Global Volcanism Program
Data Collected:1960/01/01 - 1995/12/31
Series:WMS
Keywords:
DLESE >> Geology
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Volcano
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Solid Earth >> Volcanoes
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DEPC Metadata is available here.
 
 
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio


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