Viewing an erupting volcano is a memorable experience; one that has inspired fear‚ superstition‚ worship‚ curiosity‚ and fascination throughout the history of mankind. The active Hawaiian volcanoes have received special attention worldwide because of their frequent spectacular eruptions‚ which can be viewed and studied with a relative ease and safety. The island of Hawaii is composed of five volcanoes‚ three of which have been active within the past two hundred years. Kilauea’s latest eruption still
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as Mount Pelée which erupted in 1902. In the town of St Pierre there was early warning or an eruption from the volcano. From mid-April animals in the area started dying from poisonous gas realised from the volcano. In early may more signs where showing to an eruption in the near future this made the inhabitants of the town nervous and some moving out to a safe distance from the volcano. However there was an election due to take place on the 10th May so the current governor did not want the population
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Introduction There are over 20 active volcanos left in the world today. Have you ever wondered or learned about what causes a volcano? Volcanic eruptions can be a huge deal for the environment and the people around it. What causes do volcanos have on the environment and what cause does it have on the people? Well the truth is‚ the causes of active volcanos there are today‚ do have effects on its surroundings. What is a volcano‚ and what causes it to erupt? Volcanoes occur at weak points in the
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is an important and interesting‚ as well as a destructive volcano. Mount Nyiragongo is located in the eastern part of Zaire‚ or the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. It is at a latitude and longitude of 1.5S‚ 29.3E. Like the majority of African volcanoes‚ is associated with the East African Rift and is part of Africa ’s Virunga Volcanic Chain. This mountain chain is one of Africa ’s most prominent geologic features ("Nyiragongo Volcano‚ Democratic Republic of the Congo"). With a summit elevation
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crazy. You might ask how many times does one year? You might say well it can’t erupt that often. Well if you say that your wrong. Such as Italy’s Stromboli‚ the volcano. Would your jaws drop if I told you that volcano Stromboli erupted 50-70 times in one year! Wowzas that’s more than what you see on the news in a month. The word volcano is a very
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composite volcano can be referred to as a cone volcano. These volcanoes have tall narrow cone and a wide base. Their magma chambers contain thick acidic lava‚ which means sometimes you can walk faster than the lava when it is moving! The layers of a cone volcano are usually alternated between lava and ash. A shield volcano usually has a wide cone and gentle slopes. The lava that is ejected during an eruption is thin due to it being basic (alkali). At first thought‚ you would think a volcano to be
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volcano A volcano is an opening‚ or rupture‚ in the surface or crust of the Earth or a planetary mass object‚ which allows hot lava‚ volcanic ash and gases to escape from the magma chamberbelow the surface. On Earth‚ volcanoes are generally found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging. Amid-oceanic ridge‚ for example the Mid-Atlantic Ridge‚ has examples of volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates pulling apart; the Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by convergent
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The 2008–2012 Icelandic financial crisis is a major economic and political crisis in Iceland that involved the collapse of all three of the country’s major commercial banks following their difficulties in refinancing their short-term debt and a run on deposits in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Relative to the size of its economy‚ Iceland’s banking collapse is the largest suffered by any country in economic history. The financial crisis had serious consequences for the Icelandic economy
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Volcanic islands e.g. Iceland Under oceans e.g. Mid-Atlantic ridge Moving past each other Either opposite directions or same at different speeds Severe earthquakes No volcanoes Crust can be crumpled e.g. San Andreas fault Volcanoes Volcanoes form where magma escapes through gaps in the crust. Mostly found at Destructive and constructive plate boundaries. Also at hot spots in the middle of plates e.g. Hawaii Key terms : Crater – The opening at the top of the volcano Vent – The pipe
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within hundreds of miles away. The volcano ash’s causes airplane engines to fail‚ destroys crops‚ contaminates water‚ and damages electronics and machinery. When the ash touch’s the ground‚ burying everything‚ sometimes even make’s buildings to collapse. Mount St. Helen’s produced more than 490 tons of ash that fell over some many miles. All volcanos are dangerous. They are all scattered all over the world and we don’t know when they are going to blow. The three volcanos I picked were pretty interesting
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