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    What makes a volcano hazardous? (40 marks) Within this essay‚ I will evaluate the features of volcanoes that define how hazardous they can be. Secondly I will discuss how ‘hazardous’ can be characterized in different forms such as‚ the effect a county physically‚ socially and economically as well as within both spacial and temporal constructs and how the perspective of hazardous can effect the perspective of how hazardous a volcano is. When looking what makes a volcano hazardous we have to

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    entire cities. This poster will compare and contrast the volcanoes types/structure‚ the cause of the eruptions and the current levels of activity . Body Both Mount Vesuvius and Mount Tambora are stratovolcanoes. A stratovolcano is a tall‚ conical volcano that often reaches the height of 2500 meters. They are made up of one layer of hardened lava‚ tephra (often called block rocks or bombs)‚ and volcanic ash and are characterized by a step profile and periodic and explosive eruptions. The lava is highly

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    within eight miles turned into ruins. When an earthquake triggered the volcano that morning‚ nearly twenty-two hundred

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    principle visual difference between Shield volcanos and Stratovolcanoes is the shape‚ which is due to the composition of the magma. The Magma in most shield volcanos is basaltic and far less viscous than that in Stratovolcanoes. A shield volcano consists of a Caldera‚ central vent and magma reservoir while occasionally there are side vents or fissures. The caldera‚ which is Spanish for cauldron is at least a mile in diameter and is a depression in the cone of the volcano. It is built out of the substance

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    Taal Volcano featured in Katy Perry’s music video By Evelyn Macairan MANILA‚ Philippines - Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez was elated to see the Taal Volcano appearing several times in the music video of Australian singer Katy Perry’s song “Roar.” Jimenez‚ who graced the 73rd anniversary of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) yesterday‚ said he was “very happy” with the positive exposure of one of the country’s famous tourist attractions. He‚ however‚ said he was not surprised that the active volcano

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    Deep Magma Body Beneath the Summit and Rift Zones of Kilauea Volcano Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. The frequent and gentle eruptions provide a perfect place for volcanic studies. It is believed all the activity is due to magma from a hot spot nearby. The magma fills up in a reservoir two kilometers below the surface until a certain point at which it either explodes out the top‚ or it moves laterally forming dikes. These dikes‚ filled with solidified lava‚ shift leading to

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    THE Types of volcanoes There are three types of volcanoes shield‚ cinder cones and composite volcanoes. Shield volcanoes are large volcanic Forms with that are broad at the top and have low‚ sloping sides. This type of volcano is caused by slow‚ basaltic lava flows. Cinder cones are cone shaped volcanoes some are no more than a few meters and others get as big as high as 610 meters sometime more. Most of the tallest volcanoes are composite volcanoes. These form from quiet eruptions of fluid lava

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    volcano Take a sight at the landscape‚ which is covered by a thick layer of grayish‚ dense dust. The sky itself is filled with ominous clouds‚ thick enough to almost blot out the Sun. A functioning TV‚ found in the plant among some other supplies‚ reveals to them that there is much danger in Tokyo‚ and that most cities have been taken over by looters. There appears to be no functioning government anymore. The weather starts to change‚ with the sky becoming reddish and lightning falling even though

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    Consequences 3 1.4 Minoan Civilization Demise 4 1.5 Statement Aim 4 2. References 5 Introduction 1.1 The Aegean Region During the second millennium B.C‚ around 1650‚ there was an eruption of the Thera volcano. Located in Greece‚ the volcano is in modern-day Santorini an island in the south of the Aegean Sea (Fig 1). Thera is part of the South Aegean Volcanic arc‚ which a consequence of the subduction of the African Tectonic plate beneath the Eurasian Tectonic plate.8

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    Science FAIR This volcano experiment is unlike the other volcanoes‚ instead it is more unique. In this science project‚ we will be making our own man-made volcano erupt! (except more sophisticated) Our team members are Andrew‚ Jimmy‚ Rosa‚ and Me. (Colin) Well‚ not necessarily make it burst into flames with 2‚085 degrees Fahrenheit lava dripping down; we are making “lava” come out made with soap‚ baking soda‚ vinegar‚ and a little food color to make the “lava” look pleasant. We have many questions

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