At the base of Mount Fuji‚ Aokigahara is located‚ is it believed to be the most infamous forest in all Japan. This is also known as the Sea of Trees(Jukai)‚ Suicide Forest and Japan’s Demon Forest. This forest has over 500 confirmed suicides since the 1950s (TOFUGU). Aokigahara is a forest that spreads across the northwest base of Mount Fuji‚ it is less than 100 miles from the west of Tokyo. This forest is growing on top a lava that flowed during the eruption of Mt. Fuji in 864. The forest has been
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Assessment task Knowing and understanding Activity 1 1.1 1.2 The most volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur around plate boundaries. Activity 2 2.1.1 Divergent boundary 2.1.2 Convergent boundary 2.1.3 Transform boundary 2.2.2 Divergent boundary Divergent boundaries cause oceanic ridges‚ valleys and lakes. Divergent boundaries can cause volcanic eruptions. Location: Basalt in (Mid-Atlantic Ridge‚ East-African Rift). Convergent boundary Leads to trenches
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Geologic Setting The Wabigoon Subprovince is part of the Superior Province‚ an Archean age craton composed of E-NE trending granite-greenstone and metasedimentary terranes that span from western MN to northern Quebec. In Canada‚ the Neoarchean Wabigoon subprovince hosts numerous precious and base metal deposits‚ including the Sturgeon Lake VMS deposits and Rainy River and Hammond Reef gold deposits. Historically considered moderately to weakly prospective for hosting VMS deposits due to inferred
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To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards? (40 marks) A volcanic hazard is a situation that poses a threat to life‚ the environment‚ and infrastructure after a volcanic eruption. Volcanoes are formed at various plate boundaries‚ such as at mid oceanic ridges where plates are moving apart‚ for example at the Mid Atlantic ridge. They also occur on or near subduction zones. The ‘ring of fire’ tends to be where the most violent volcanic activity occurs.
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The Yellowstone volcano has been a growing concern for many Americans over the years. Especially after the eruption of the Mount St. Helen’s volcano in the 80’s. Rumors of a catastrophic explosion have caught the attention of everyone from the media to newspapers who try to sell the fear of an imminent explosion and the extreme damage that could possibly happen. However‚ the truth is just the opposite. In actuality‚ these fears are almost always unfounded‚ and usually arise from the the rumors of
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Volcanoes Argumentative Essay Volcanoes are one of the most dangerous forces of nature ever‚ but they aren’t really something to fear or not be studied because people think they can kill them by just looking at them. Volcanoes are things people should learn to thousands and be in awe vegetables. They should be looked at a different way because they create geothermal energy‚ make soil fertile so farmers can plant on them‚ and because of tourism. These three are very important reasons to be able to
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Undara Lava tubes consist of a lava field remaining from a massive volcanic eruption of Mt Undara which occurred 190‚000 years ago. During the Cenozoic‚ there was wide spread igneous activity in Eastern Australia. Volcanism commenced in the late Cretaceous (approximately 70 Ma) and continued through the Cenozoic. The cenozoic is the current geological era. It began 66 million years ago and continues today. About 23.3 km³ of lava flowed from the Mt Undara volcano at an estimated rate of 1000 m³ a
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Precambrian time‚period of time that reaches out from around 4.6 billion years back to the start of the Cambrian Period‚ 541 million years prior. The Precambrian speaks to more than 80 percent of the aggregate geologic record. All life-structures were for quite some time expected to have begun in the Cambrian‚ and consequently all prior rocks were gathered together into the Precambrian. Albeit numerous fluctuated types of life developed and were safeguarded widely as fossil stays in Cambrian sedimentary
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Volcanoes are generally not preserved in the geologic rock record as they are usually eroded away. However‚ the various materials erupted from volcanoes are often found preserved in the rock record. From what you have learned about the different types of volcanoes‚ how could you infer what type of volcano erupted in a given area based on the type of volcanic deposits now found as layers of rock? Give specific examples‚ and briefly discuss how some materials may be linked to different types of volcanoes
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The magma has changed a great deal over the years. One example is the silica weight percent peaked at 100‚000 and 200‚000 years and was the lowest in the last eruption. This indicates that Hawaii might have had more felsic lavas and more explosive eruptions 100 and 200 thousand years ago than in 1959. The weight percent of K2O and Na2O of the lava has also fluctuated throughout the years.These changes are the result of the magma changing from andesite rich lava to more basalt rich over time. The
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