A new 6-page fact sheet provides basic information about the tectonic setting of Mount St. Helens, landscape change, volcano monitoring, preparedness, and a summary of volcanic activity between 1980 and the present.The digital version includes links to six downloadable (MP4) video clips about the 1980 eruption, volcano monitoring, and volcanic processes.
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