killed around 91‚00 people. Mt.Tambora is a composite cone volcano and is still active today. The 1815 eruption consisted of mostly volcanic ash‚ which was so large it went up into the stratosphere and spread throughout the earth. Within seconds‚ ash‚ lava and molten rock (pyroclastic flow) started to speedily come down the volcano. The temperature of that was about 1‚250°C. The pyroclastic flow totally destroyed a small Indonesian town‚ just a few kilometers from Mt.Tambora. The entire population of
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To answer the following question: Relate the generation of all three rock types (igneous‚ sedimentary‚ and metamorphic) to plate tectonics. I will start first‚ with igneous rocks and how does it relate to plate tectonics. Second‚ with sedimentary rocks and progressively keep on answering how all three types of rocks relate to plate tectonics. Will be giving as much information I learned from class. To assure‚ answer is fully answered. The igneous process begins when magma forms by melting at depth
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The volcanic mountain I have chosen is Mount Fuji also known in its proper term; Mount Fujiyama. It’s located near the pacific coast on Honshu Island in southwest of Tokyo‚ Japan. Here is Mount Fuji on a world map: And here it is on a regional map: Mount Fuji is one of the most beautiful volcanoes in the world and is a well-known tourist attraction. There are many definitions of the word “Fuji”; some are wealth‚ abundant and immortal. The ancient samurais used Fuji as a training area
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A century ago‚ August 26‚ 1883‚ the island of Krakatau (Krakatoa) in Indonesia‚ the volcano exploded with devastating fury. The eruption was one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in history. The effects were experienced on a global scale. Fine ash from the eruption were carried by winds exceeding as far away as New York level. The explosion was heard over 3000 miles away. Volcanic dust exploded in the upper atmosphere‚ affecting incoming solar radiation and the Earth’s climate for several
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reduced to 1‚300 ft after it exploded in 1980. Mt. Saint Helens is almost 53 km west of Mt. Adams and approximately 80 km Northeast of Vancouver‚ Washington. Starting around 3‚000 years ago‚ considerable amounts of basalt and andesite began to erupt as lava flowed between phases of dacite eruptive activity. (http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/st_helens/st_helens_geo_hist_101.html) Mt. Saint Helens started to show signs of life after March 16‚ 1980. It began with small earthquakes. On March 27‚ after
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it was subsiding. Mount Araramo dormant for three centuries erupted for the first time this year on June the 9th with the strength of 20 megaton hydrogen bomb‚ that upheavals sent rocks and plumes of hot ash 12 miles into the air. Large amounts of lava have already been released and molten rock is continually oozing out of cracks in the ground. Large pieces of floating pumice were found on the surface of the ocean 150 miles South of mount Araramo‚ indicating a simultaneous underwater explosion.
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What makes Steven Kutcher and Carsten Peter so unique? They both are very intelligent people who live different lives than the “typical man”. Steven is an entomologist and bug trainer‚ and Carsten is a volcano enthusiast who lives for taking pictures of volcanoes. You currently may be asking yourself what the heck do these two men have in common? But they actually have a lot more in common than what you would think. Both of Steven and Carsten’s jobs are what they are very passionate about‚ and have
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radius. The Montserrat eruption was of a very similar nature and erupted into in a Plinean style. Huge pyroclastic flows were produced and also masses of ash reached the surrounding areas and left the capital‚ Portsmouth covered in meters of ash. The lava was spewed out at 600 mph. There
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was never easy for the lovers to get together because there was always something that would come in between them. Even then‚ they would not give up and would fight until the very end to be with their true love. Keeping that in mind‚ the short film ‘Lava’ is similar‚ as it talks about how two Volcanoes ‘Uku’ and ‘Lele’ are lovers and wait for a very long to be with each other. The film was inspired by a man‚ James Ford Murphy who went for a honeymoon to Hawaii with his wife. He came up with the idea
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the eruption it was a symmetrical cone that was about 3‚000 metres above sea level. But the eruption removed about 396 metres off the top. Between October 16th‚ 1980 and October 21st‚ 1986‚ there were 17 eruptive episodes that have helped build a new lava dome. Coupled with these episodes were hundreds of small bursts or explosions of gas and steam. Mt. St. Helens has had four major eruptions and lots of minor ones. Volcanoes erupt due to the pressure of the magma and earth‚ and then erupts if a plate
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