SeisVolE is an interactive program that includes a number of tools that allow the user to analyze earthquake and volcanic eruption data and produce effective displays to illustrate seismicity and volcano patterns. The program includes a number of standard views for examination of earthquake and volcano activity in various areas around the world, but can also be used to generate your own views and for teacher or student generated research projects. Dots, scaled according to magnitude, are epicenters.
Dots are color-coded according to earthquake depth.
The buttons and slide bar near the bottom of the screen provide controls for the speeded up real time display of earthquakes and volcano eruptions. Blue lines are major faults. The red line an the rectangle are related to a SeisVolE tool that allows the user to produce a cross section diagram. The inquiry-based teaching modules that we are developing include descriptions of demonstrations, lesson plans and activities for use with SeisVolE in teaching about earthquakes, volcanoes and plate tectonics. We are grateful to Prof. Alan Jones who developed the SeisVolE program, has regularly improved and updated it, and has generously made it available at no cost to educators and other interested users.