Submarine Volcanoes

Contact between young pillow lavas erupted in mid-1980s and older lavas with light dusting of sediment. Hand-held photo from submersible Alvin taken on Cleft segment of southern Juan de Fuca Ridge. Photo by Bill Chadwick of NOAA and Oregon State University.

Written by:Steve Mattox
Programming by: Jeremy Williams
Introduction
Plate Tectonic Setting
Features
Eruptions
Submarine Volcanic Ecosystems
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