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    Endogenetic Process

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    ENDOGENETIC PROCESS: The Endogenetic processes are the processes that shape the land by forces coming from within the earth (Endogenetic forces). There are 3 main Endogenetic processes: folding‚ faulting and volcanism. They take place mainly along the plate boundaries‚ which are the zones that lay on the edges of plates. These zones are weak. Endogenetic processes cause many major landform features. MOVEMENTS: The forces coming from within the earth cause two types of movements in the earth.

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    Volcanic Eruption Paper

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    properties of air allow for larger eruptions than those that occur underwater (Mitchell 444). Pressure on the ocean floor does not allow water or gasses to escape from lava. This causes the eruption to have less of an impact underwater than it would if it were on land. Water’s ability to hold heat aids in cooling the erupting lava quicker than it would when exposed to the air (Mitchell 444). This article is important in order to further research by geologists and oceanographers‚ making this an interdisciplinary

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    Socially the town of Zafferana Etnea was threatened by the largest volume of lava in hundreds of years‚ this can also be seen as an economic impact. In 2002 a huge column of ash was thrown up from the biggest eruption in recent years and was deposited as far away as Libya. Seismic activity associated with these eruptions caused the eastern flanks of the volcano to slip by 2m‚ causing structural damage to many houses. Lava flows completely destroyed the tourist station at piano Provenzana and part

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    Balboa Alternate Ending

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    her and whimpered "go away dad" She then looked behind her and screamed as a dark ash hand grabbed her. Balboa then thought to himself I should probably go and apologize to her. So he then walked out of his cave in Mount Olympus. He then saw ash and lava surrounding one of Kina’s creatures‚ cricket. Balboa thought Hephaestus must have taken Kina. He walks in a slow pace back and forth wondering why Hephaestus would want Kina and then remembered that he and Zeus had banished his son Magum for destroying

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    technique in order to protect people from the effects of volcanoes is diverting lava away from settlements using barriers. For example when Mt. Etna erupted in 1983 a rubble barrier 10m high and 400m long was built on its slopes‚ which successfully diverted the lava flow. However‚ this is only possible where the lava is slow moving and there is sufficient warning‚ this often requires high tech equipment to monitor where the lava will be and at

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    Volcanos are mighty mountains that rise from the ground but these beautiful beast come with a catch. When they “wake up” they can tear a whole island or town to pieces and pieces. Most volcanoes cause tons of destruction including flames and lava when awakened this roaring beast isn’t so peaceful. When volcanos form they form just like a regular mountains actually they are they are just regular mountains.That is why when they erupt it shocks many people because they all thought the possibility

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    Tectonic Activity and Hazards Discuss the relationship between the nature of tectonic hazards and human responses to them. The Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991 is an example of a tectonic hazard. The response to this hazard will be different to the response in Iceland to the Mount Pelee eruption. The human responses to tectonic hazards are affected by several different factors: the income level of the location‚ the frequency‚ the magnitude‚ the population density of the area the hazard takes place

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    Galapagos Research Paper

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    go snorkeling alongside with schools of fishes and sea animals. Take best underwater shots of a puffer fish puffing at you or a sea turtle waving at you. The chance to hike around away from wildlife and see through old lava tunnel which are formed when a volcano erupts and the lava

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    History of Rocks

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    heat to a melting point. The word igneous comes from the Latin word for fire‚ igneous rocks start off as a hot‚ fluid material which is usually erupted from the Earth’s surface as lava‚ or magma at shallow depths or deep depths. Magma is a mush like material that can carry a load of minerals‚ but people often think of lava and magma as a liquid like material of molten metals. The three types of igneous rocks are extrusive‚ intrusive and platonic rocks. Extrusive rocks are rocks that form and cool on

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    Cascade Range. These lavas piled and cooled on top of each other resulting in mountains like Mazama and Hood. Mount Mazama was built by successive flows of both andesite and dacite lavas. Mount Mazama was a stratovolcano‚ which was about 12‚000 feet high after series of ash‚ cinders‚ and pumice explosions built it upward. During

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