You got 5 minutes, right? Well, then spend it learning about a new volcano each week. Your host Dr. Erik Klemetti (a professional volcanologist) will feature a new volcano with all the facts you need and likely quite a few facts you don't. Wow your friends with how much you know about some random volcano. It'll be our secret.
This week's 5 Minute Volcano is Milna in the Kuril Islands of Russia. This remote volcano in the Kuril Islands is a series of lava domes that have filled in the collapse crater of an ancestral volcano on Simushir Island. Some links to information used in this episode: Global Volcanism Program's page on Milna.Information on the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.Details on Goriaschaia Sopka, the most recently active dome on Milna.Wikipedia page about John Milne, the namesake of Milna.This week's music was...
This week's 5 Minute Volcano is Llullaillaco, straddling the Chilean/Argentine border. It is the tallest historically active volcano on Earth, last erupting in 1877. It is also the home of the "Children of Llullaillaco", three sacrificed Incans remarkably well preserved by the arid cold of the high Andes. Here are some links to information about Llullaillaco: The Global Volcanism Program page on the volcano.Two NASA Earth Observatory posts, one on Llullaillaco itself and one with a wider view...
9 Jul 2025
5 Minute Volcano #4, Terpuk, Russia
This week's 5 Minute Volcano takes us to the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia. Terpuk is a remote shield volcano that captures some of the odd magmatic and tectonic processes happening way up in the northern end of the peninsula. Some sources for this episode: The Global Volcanism Program's page on Terpuk.A short paper on the timing of volcanism in northern Kamchatka by M.M. Pevzner.A map showing the complex tectonics of the Kamchatka Peninsula.A short paper on the origin of the od...
18 Jun 2025
5 Minute Volcano #3: Terceira, Portugal
The host explores Terceira in the Azores, highlighting its unique tectonic setting as a hotspot, divergent boundary, and triple junction in this episode.
11 Jun 2025
5 Minute Volcano #2: Karisimbi, Rwanda/DRC
This episode explores Mount Karisimbi in Rwanda/DRC, examining its volcanic hazards and potential as a source of green energy despite not erupting in millennia.
4 Jun 2025
5 Minute Volcano #1: Lewotolok, Indonesia
The host discusses the Lewotolok volcano in Indonesia, exploring its geological features and tectonic context on Lembata Island.
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