The Earth beneath our feet is constantly shifting and moving, and violently with catastrophic and immediate results. Find out more about earth hazards.
Accessing maps and downloading data, scans, photos and other information via BGS's free OpenGeoscience service.
The National Geoscience programme is a forward-looking investment in UK geology that provides relevant, coherent and enriched geoscience knowledge for our stakeholders.
Different types of volcano are formed according to the properties of the magma that creates them.
It may seem unwise to choose to live with such a hazardous neighbour as a volcano. There are a number of reasons why people live alongside volcanoes.
How the different types of volcano are formed and the relationship with plate tectonics.
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