The Shiveluch volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula erupted three times in the past 24 hours, prompting scientists to war ...

Lava domes are rounded, steep-sided mounds built by magma that is highly resistant to flow, usually either dacite or rhyolite. Such magmas are typically too viscous to move far from the vent ...

The strong explosive eruption of the Kamchatka Shiveluch volcano happened near the new lava dome named after the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, next to the old Karan dome, in ...

Rescue workers are sifting through smoldering debris and thick mud in search of survivors a day after a volcano on ...

This 1969 dome developed during the eruption of Mauna Ulu, a volcanic cone in the eastern rift zone of the active Kīlauea volcano, the youngest on the island. Lava flowed fairly consistently in ...

Several small earthquakes have been detected around Mt. Spurr this past week, prompting the Alaska Volcano Observatory to ...

Rescue workers on Tuesday were sifting through smoldering debris and thick mud in search of survivors, a day after a volcano ...

The park's namesake peak is the one of the largest plug dome volcanoes in the world — a type of volcano that grows in size from layers of its own lava building on top of each other over time.

"The tremendous roar of the volcano suddenly woke us up that night ... "The eruptions have eased pressure that had been building under a lava dome perched on the crater," said Priatin Hadi Wijaya, who ...

steep-sided volcanoes result from relatively short-lived explosive eruptions. Paricutin in Mexico is a well-known example ...

A lava dome steams on the north side of Mount Redoubt ... to keep close tabs on the volcano.