Vulcanicity: what happens and what it builds

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• 11 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
• 2 practice tasks with hints and worked answers
• A quiz that marks itself as you go
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1. Vulcanicity: what happens and what it builds
2. Where volcanoes are, and what they mean for people
3. Causes of vulcanicity in the East African Rift
4. Magma, lava and viscosity
5. Intrusive features: batholith to dyke
6. Shield, composite and cinder volcanoes in East Africa
7. Craters, calderas and lava plateaus
8. Hot springs, geysers and fumaroles
9. Kenya's Rift volcanoes from Turkana to Magadi
10. World distribution of volcanic features
11. Benefits of vulcanicity to Kenyan livelihoods
12. Volcanic hazards and negative effects
13. Volcanic disaster preparedness and management