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Collection of images from the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO)

Alaska Volcano Observatory geochemical database

Dates

Date Taken
1891
Date Taken
2020

Citation

https://doi.org/10.14509/29689

Summary

This collection contains digital photographs, maps, and figures of Alaska volcanoes, and metadata about the image. Images may be scans of historical slides or prints, or native to digital format with modern cameras. A selection of the image database is searchable by the public from https://www.avo.alaska.edu/images/.

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Public images are searchable from https://www.avo.alaska.edu/images/ . Internal users have access to an internal search with all of the images.

Purpose

Preserving and archiving images will help advance the knowledge of Alaska’s volcanoes and mitigate the possible risks of their hazards.

Rights

AVO has been granted permission by each photographer to use their images on the AVO website. Please cite the photographer and the Alaska Volcano Observatory / U.S. Geological Survey when using the images from this database.

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Additional Information

NGGDPP Collection Extension

collectionGrowthWe expect that as the collection grows, it continues intensive use and growth.
collectionTypes
Geological (Geological, http://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/NGGDPP/collection/type)
size30,000
unitPhotographs (Photographs, http://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/NGGDPP/collection/unit)
usageTrendPublic users conducted about 19,000 separate image searches. In addition, the image database is accessed every time someone views or clicks on an image on the AVO public website.

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