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TABLE OF CONTENTS NOTES.....................................................................................................................................................2 ABOUT WIKIPEDIA............................................................................................................................... 2 ABOUT WIKIREADERS..........................................................................................................................2 LICENSE..............................................................................................................................................2 DECADE VOLCANOES.................................................................................................................................6 AIMS OF THE DECADE VOLCANO PROGRAM..............................................................................................6 FUNDING.............................................................................................................................................6 ACHIEVEMENTS....................................................................................................................................7 PROBLEMS...........................................................................................................................................7 EXTERNAL LINKS..................................................................................................................................8 AVACHINSKY............................................................................................................................................9 GEOLOGICAL HISTORY........................................................................................................................... 9 RECENT ACTIVITY.................................................................................................................................9 EXTERNAL LINKS..................................................................................................................................9 COLIMA.................................................................................................................................................10 GEOLOGICAL HISTORY......................................................................................................................... 10 CURRENT ACTIVITY.............................................................................................................................10 EXTERNAL LINKS................................................................................................................................11 GALERAS...............................................................................................................................................12 GEOLOGICAL HISTORY......................................................................................................................... 12 1993 ERUPTION................................................................................................................................. 12 CURRENT ACTIVITY.............................................................................................................................13 EXTERNAL LINKS................................................................................................................................13 KORYAKSKY...........................................................................................................................................14 GEOLOGICAL HISTORY......................................................................................................................... 14 RECENT ACTIVITY...............................................................................................................................14 EXTERNAL LINKS................................................................................................................................15 MAUNA LOA..........................................................................................................................................16 SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS................................................................................................................... 16 OTHER HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES.............................................................................................................16 EXTERNAL LINKS................................................................................................................................16 RELATED IMAGES............................................................................................................................... 17 MOUNT ETNA........................................................................................................................................ 18 NAME AND LEGENDS...........................................................................................................................18 MORPHOLOGY....................................................................................................................................19 GEOLOGICAL HISTORY......................................................................................................................... 19 HISTORICAL ERUPTIONS....................................................................................................................... 20 1669 ERUPTION................................................................................................................................. 20 RECENT ERUPTIONS.............................................................................................................................21 EXTERNAL LINKS................................................................................................................................21 MOUNT MERAPI..................................................................................................................................... 22 GEOLOGICAL HISTORY......................................................................................................................... 22 1992 ERUPTION................................................................................................................................. 22 2006 ERUPTION................................................................................................................................. 23 MONITORING..................................................................................................................................... 23 EXTERNAL LINKS................................................................................................................................24 MOUNT NYIRAGONGO............................................................................................................................. 25 GEOLOGY..........................................................................................................................................25 1977 ERUPTION................................................................................................................................. 25 2002 ERUPTION................................................................................................................................