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USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: Alaska Skip navigational links Search InfoBank     Dictionaries: The USGS and Science Education   USGS Fact Sheets   Topics   Keywords   Data Dictionary   Metadata Dictionary   Computer Terminology   Digital Formats InfoBank Terms: Activity ID   activity overview   crew   formal metadata   lines   metadata   NGDC   port stops   project/theme   region   ship   stations   time   virtual globe   year   Data Types: bathymetry   geodetic positioning   gravity   ground penetrating radar   imagery   LIDAR   magnetics   metering equipment   navigation   samples   seismic   definitions disclaimer   Data Formats: ARC coverage   E00   FGDC metadata   gridded/image   imaging   material   scattered/swath   Shapefile   vector/polygon       Title Comment Keywords 1912 Mount Katmai Eruption 15:26 - 16:40 (01:14) / 1.8 MB volcano, "volcanic eruption", "Mount Katmai", Alaska, "John Eichelberger" Gravimeter 16:40 - 16:59 (00:19) / 0.6 MB volcano, "volcanic eruption", "Mount Katmai", Alaska, gravimeter, GPS Dance of the Continents 25:14 - 26:48 (01:34) / 1.2 MB mountain, orogeny, continent, "oceanic crust", collision, subduction, "convergent plate margin", orogeny, erosion, "convergent plate", supercontinent, Alaska, "sea floor spreading", "strike-slip fault", "North American Continent", "Mediterranean Sea", "ocean basin", Africa, Europe, volcano, earthquake, "James Sadd" Large Earthquakes 11:51 - 12:10 (00:19) / 0.9 MB Alaska, earthquake, magnitude, "Richter Scale" Mt. Katmai Eruption 16:39 - 17:50 (01:11) / 2.0 MB eruption, "Mount Katmai", Alaska, "volcanic ash", pumice, gas, volcano, "National Geographic Expedition", "Robert Fiske Griggs", vent, fumerole, swamp, woodland, "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" Noverupta 17:50 - 18:26 (00:36) / 0.8 MB eruption, "Mount Katmai", Alaska, volcano, "National Geographic Expedition", Noverupta, "lava flow", dome, crater, caldera, magma, vent Creep 05:33 - 06:57 (01:24) / 1.2 MB "mass wasting", creep, slope, soil, bedrock, gravity, water, season, Alaska, freeze, thaw, "geologic hazard" Deserts 01:54 - 03:06 (01:12) / 1.4 MB "Art Montana", "Tropic of Cancer", "Tropic of Capricorn", desert, "Earth's surface", vegetation, Antarctica, precipitation, polar, "South Pole", "Point Barrow", Alaska, rainfall, soil, water, pond, lake, "Mojave Desert", California, "giant yucca", "Joshua tree" Regions of Infrequent Precipitation 03:06 - 04:14 (01:08) / 1.4 MB desert, landscape, Antarctica, polar, Alaska, sand, "Mojave Desert", precipitation, evaporation, "subtropical desert", Equator, humid, rainfall, "tropical rainforest", tropic, subtropic, arid Hilo, Hawaii 06:54 - 07:23 (00:29) / 1.2 MB tsunami, Hilo, Hawaii, earthquake, wave, "Pacific Ocean", Alaska, "geologic hazard" Geology School Keywords Skip footer navigational links InfoBank   Menlo Park & Santa Cruz Centers   St. Petersburg Center   Woods Hole Center   Coastal and Marine Geology Program   Geologic Information   Ask-A-Geologist   USGS Disclaimer

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