My sources:

Trombley, R.B.. "WESTERN CARIBBEAN VOLCANIC ACTIVITY REPORT." Holocene Volcanic Activity. Principal Research Volcanologist. 29 Mar 2009 .

"Santa Maria and Santiaguito, Guatemala." oregonstate. 29 Mar 2009 .

John. "Santa María Volcano - John Search." Volcano Live. Adventure Travel. 29 Mar 2009 http://www.volcanolive.com/santamaria.html.



Book Source:

Travis, Cindie. "Climbing the Volcano Volcan Santa Maria.." DownTheRoad.org. DownTheRoad.org. 29 Mar 2009 .

Santa Maria volcano websites:

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/south_america/guat/santa_maria.html


http://www.slideshare.net/sasscience/santa-mariajordyn-waracka-presentation

Type of Volcano: Composite and Continental
Geologic Location: 14.8N, 91.5W
Country: Guatemala
Nearby cities: El Palmar and Guatemala City
Tectonic Plate(s): Western Caribbean Plate
Type Of Plate Boundary: subduction of the Cocos Plate under the Caribbean Plate
Eruption History:
Most recent eruption(s):2002, 2008
Most famous eruption: 1902, this eruption created a huge crater on Santa Maria
VOLCANO SHAPE:
Height: 12,375 Feet tall
Structure: 1.5km crater on Santa Maria, lava-dome complex, symmetrical, sharp-topped, conical profile
Vents/Craters/Domes: lava-dome complex, 1.5km wide crater, 4 Westward-young vents
NEIGHBORING VOLCANO: Fuego
ERUPTION STYLE:
Explosive/Non-explosive: Explosive
Lava Type: hot lava, rich in silica, highly viscous
Hazards: lahars occurring in rainy season, lava flows do not occur frequently, only stretch a few kilometers from dome, flows are very slow, fast moving pyroclastic flows, may travel several km from dome, large EQ could trigger big landslide
ENVIRONMENTAL DANGERS/BENEFITS:
Soil fertility: the ash can make the soil fertile
Damage to property: 10,000km of volcanis debris in the eruption of 1902, spread all the way to Acapulco, Mexico
Atmospheric affects: The pyroclastis from the eruption were widely scattered over Western Guatemala and Southern Mexico and also caused world-wide atmospheric effects, andesitic-dacitic composition