IMPACT OF A VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN A LEDC AND MEDC A MEDC is a more economically developed country. It has the money to spend on improving the country’s establishment and therefore it is more likely to have the resources and technology to help decrease the damage from a volcanic eruption. Using the technology‚ they can also predict when a volcano is probably going to erupt. In a MEDC‚ the people are more educated and know what to do in a situation like a volcanic eruption. They are aware of how they
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MONTSERRAT VOLCANO REPORT Montserrat is a small island is in the Caribbean. It is only 12 miles long and 7 miles wide. It is known as the ’Emerald Island’ Because of its mountainous and wooded terrain. It has attracted many rich people to the island and was famous for rock stars recording there. However‚ much of the population are poor and rely on farming to survive. Before the eruptions from 1995 onwards – There was over 12000 people living there‚ but now there is only about 5000. CAUSES
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Science Investigatory Project LAVA LAMP [pic] Background of The Study A lava lamp is a decorative tube-shaped light fixture containing a colored‚ oily fluid that flows up and down throughout the lamp chamber in a manner reminiscent of molten lava. As the fluid rises and sinks in the lamp chamber it changes shape and breaks into globules of various sizes‚ giving a psychedelic effect of constantly shifting patterns. Credit for the creation of the lava lamp is given to English engineer Craven
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Things you can use to make a Lava Lamp. There are many things you can use to make a Lava Lamp. Aside from wax and water‚ there are many other substances that you can use to make the lamp work in the same fashion. For example‚ you can use mineral oil as the lava and 90% isopropyl alcohol mixed with 70% isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) as the liquid inside the lamp. By mixing the two types of alcohol‚ you will create a perfect balance. The mineral oil will fall to the bottom in the 90% alcohol
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POISONOUS GASES rather than the direct effects of lava flows or ash showers are the greatest reason for loss of life. An example is the eruption from the Laki volcano in 1783 (see first link below) in which an estimated 25% of the population of Iceland was killed. "The system erupted over an 8 month period during 1783-1784 from the Laki fissure and the adjoining Grímsvötn volcano‚ pouring out an estimated 14 km3 (3.4 cu mi) of basalt lava and clouds of poisonous hydrofluoric acid & sulphur
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tourism are the major sources of income on this island. How it was formed‚ the Tectonic Plates Involved and What Type of Volcano is it? Mt Etna is a stratovolcano ( another name is a composite cone) which means that multiple layers of ash and solidified lava have formed this volcano. Mount Etna is formed on a convergent plate boundary‚ on two of the world’s active continental plates- the African and The Eurasian Plate. The Eurasian and African plates are moving past each other along most of the boundary
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in the magma. These factors produce 2 main types of magma called acid and basic. The acid lava is the more viscous (66%+ rich silica) and so this is the more hazardous lava as it has more potential for explosion. The other‚ less viscous lava is the basic lava which has a 44-52% silica content and has a higher temperature of 1000-2000 degrees compared to the 600-1000 of the acid lava which allows the basic lava to run more smoothly and more fluid like. Most volcanoes occur at a plate margin because
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Volcano Observatory currently lists Kilauea’s Volcano Alert Level as WATCH and its Aviation Color Code as ORANGE. Kilauea is studied and constantly monitored because of its continuous lava flow. Kilauea is a broad shield volcano which is a gently sloping mountain made from a large number of usually very fluid lava flows. It is also locally interbedded with deposits of explosive eruptions. Eruptions at Kilauea happen mainly either from the summit caldera or along either of two long rift
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Common features of volcanoes are lava‚ conical shaped mountain and release of poisonous gases from the carter situated at the summit of the volcanoes. These are most common features attained by almost all of the active volcanoes. But describing complete features of all the volcanoes is a very tedious thing‚ because shape‚ attributes and behavior of different volcanoes depends upon different factors. For example some volcanoes have a Steve peak formed as the lava dome on the other hand other possesses
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secondary. Primary being the ash and dust‚ lava flow‚ volcanic gases and pyroclastic flow. How each one threatens the people live varies because ash and dust can disrupt transport therefore having an effect on any aid which may need to be brought in via planes. Also it can cause breathing problem due to high concentration of carbon and dioxide and sulphur gases found that erupt from the volcano. Pyroclastic flow is dense destructive mass of hot ash lava fragments and gases which are ejected in an
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