Chapter 1C. Volcanoes
Learning Objectives
By carefully reading this chapter and completing the learning activities within it, you should be able to do the following:
- Explain what a volcano is and distinguish between the different volcano shapes and eruption styles.
- Explain how magma type and plate boundary location control volcano shape and eruption style.
- Describe the eruption hazards and eruption materials and explain how they pose a risk to life, property, and/or the climate
- Describe the data geologists use to monitor and predict volcanic eruptions
- Interpret data to predict volcanic unrest and eruptions
