Useful links



You should be using sources such as these to answer your key questions. 

National geographic videos on all tectonic activity, + quizzes http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/

Europe’s hazards research centre:http://www.benfieldhrc.org/

UN Decade of disaster reduction http://www.unisdr.org/

Emergency Events Database www.emdat.be
Shedlock, K. and Pakiser, C (1995). Earthquakes. Washington: US Government Printing Office. (Online Ed)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/


Kious, J. and Tilling, R. (1996). This Dynamic Earth. Washington: US Government Printing Office. (Online Ed)  http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html#anchor20152696



USGS Earthquake Information pages http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/?source=sitenav


USGS Volcano Information pages http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/about/index.php


USGS Volcano Photo Glossary http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/images/pglossary/index.php#B


USGS Earthquake Glossary http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glossary/


National Geographic case study summaries of volcanoes and earthquakes http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/features/04/forcesofnature/index.html

Enquiry Question 2



Volcanoes: National Geographic:

Many links at: http://www.decadevolcano.net/links.htm

Edinburgh Earth Observatory; http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/home.pl

USGS book on types of volcanoes http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/cover2.html


National Geographic Forces of Nature : http://environment.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment/natural-disasters/forces-of-nature/

Geofact sheet http://geographyalevelslc.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/164-volcanoes2.pdf

Enquiry Question 3

UN relief web:


Links to volcanoes:


Benfield reasearch:
http://www.benfieldhrc.org/



New Zealand 2010 and 2011 : Tectonic Hazards in New Zealand 




Montserrat: Volcanic Eruptions


Why are some volcanoes more destructive than others?http://geographyalevelslc.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/164-volcanoes.pdf

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