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Nuʻutele Island: A tuff cone of Ofu-Olosega volcano, American Samoa

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Color photograph of cone near coast

September 8, 2022 — Ta‘ū Island Coastal Tuff Cone

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Color photograph of sea cliff

Part of tuff cone of Faleasao Harbor, Taʻū Island, American Samoa

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Color photograph of cone near coast

September 8, 2022 — Ta‘ū Island Coastal Tuff Cone

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color photograph of volcanic deposits

August 26, 2022 — Tuff cone on Ta‘ū Island in American Samoa

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Color photograph of volcanic deposits

August 26, 2022 — Base of a tuff cone on Ta‘ū Island, American Samoa

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Color photograph of ocean and island in distance

August 20, 2022 — View of Faleāsao tuff cone on Ta‘ū Island and Ofu-Olosega island in the distance

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Tabernacle Hill tuff cone, part of the Black Rock Desert Volcanic F...

Tabernacle Hill tuff cone, part of the Black Rock Desert Volcanic Field in Utah

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Volcano Watch — Kapaho Cone, an ash and tuff cone

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Brittle deformation and slope failure at the North Menan Butte tuff cone, Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho

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Origins and nature of large explosive eruptions in the lower East Rift Zone of Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii: Insights from ash characterization and geochemistry

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Whole rock and micro-analytical geochemistry of minerals, melt inclusions, and matrix glasses from Kapoho Crater and Puʻulena Crater, Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaiʻi

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Color photograph of island and ocean

August 7, 2023 — View of the northwest side of Taʻū Island, American Samoa

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Color photograph of cliffs and ocean

August 4, 2023 — Eastern end of Tutuila and Aunuʻu islands in American Samoa

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Inside USGS, No. 2, Patrick Muffler, Yellowstone

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Geology and ground-water resources of Iwo Jima 

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Geochemistry of lavas from Taal volcano, southwestern Luzon, Philippines: evidence for multiple magma supply systems and mantle source heterogeneity

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Volcanic geology and eruption frequency, lower east rift zone of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii

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