Volcanoes of the United States
Brantley SR. 1999. Volcanoes of the United States. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) General Interest Publication
The United States ranks third, behind Indonesia and Japan, in the number of historically active volcanoes (that is, those for which we have written accounts of eruptions). In addition, about 10 percent of the more than 1,500 volcanoes that have erupted in the past 10,000 years are located in the United States. Most of these volcanoes are found in the Aleutian Islands, the Alaska Peninsula, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest; the remainder are widely distributed in the western part of the nation. A few U.S. volcanoes have produced some of the largest and most dangerous types of eruptions in this century, while several others have threatened to erupt.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Brantley, Steven
- Date of Issue
- 1999
- Units
- HAVO
- Keywords
- Hawaiian Archipelago, Hazard, Volcano