meters‚ it is Europe ’s highest active volcano. The height of its summit changes with each eruption‚ and over the centuries a few lava flows have reached the coast. Over 1200 square meters of Etna ’s surface is covered with solidified lava. Etna offers skiing in the Winter months and breathtaking hikes in the woods during the Summer. There are also a number of smaller peaks on the slopes of Etna‚ and some interesting caverns. Since Etna is a strato volcano‚ with relatively cool lava temperatures
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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 tallest volcano on Earth is Mauna Kea‚ one of the 5 volcanos that make up the Big Island of Hawaii. The summit of Mauna Kea is 4‚205 meters above sea level‚ but its true height is much larger. When measured from the sea floor‚ Mauna kea is more than 9‚000 meters tall‚ making it the tallest mountain on Earth.The tallest volcano on Earth is Mauna Kea‚ one of the 5 volcanos that make up the Big Island of Hawaii. Mauna Kea is part of the network of volcanos above the Hawaiian hotspot. The tectonic
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occurs. The scale of destruction a volcano has is heavily dependant on whether the eruption occurs in an MEDC or an LEDC and the way in which these country’s prepare and plan for the possibility of a volcanic eruption. Additionally‚ many human and physical
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Sadia khan Per 4 3/12/12 Volcano internet assignment 1. Three types of volcanoes are the shield volcano‚ Strato Volcano’s and cinder cones .The Shield volcanos are usually built entirely from lava flow they are name for their large size and low profile. The Starto’s volcano’s have steep sides with cones that stick out like huge bumps. They are built up when eruptions of viscous lava‚ tephra‚ and pyroclastic flows happen. The Cinder cones is a steep conical hill of tephra that accumulate
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Geography study on the differences Between the volcanoes MT st Helens and Kilauea Kilauea is a volcano in the Hawaiian Islands it is one of the five shield volcanoes in the Hawaiian language Kilauea means spewing or spreading. Mt St. Helens is an active stratovolcano in Washington it is named after British diplomat lord st Helens. There are many differences between the volcanoes for example the explosivity of the two volcanoes most recent eruptions are completely different Kilauea is almost
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managed effectively? Volcanic hazards can be detrimental to the lives of the people who live near the active zone of the volcano in question due to their immense power coming from the centre of the earth however with effective management of the risks the number of deaths‚ disrupted lives and the economic damage can be reduced greatly. An example I will use of a recent volcano that erupted was Mt St Helens which is an active supervolcano located in Washington‚ USA - 96 miles south of the city of Seattle
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the film is somewhat based on the real-life eruptions of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD‚ Mount St. Helens in 1980 and Mount Pinatubo in 1991‚ with Dr. Harry Dalton and the family of the mayor of the town. The film begins with the eruption of an unnamed volcano in Colombia during which volcanologist Dr. Harry Dalton’s fiancée is killed as the couple tries to evacuate. After four years‚ Harry is tasked with investigating possible volcanic activity in the mountain near the town of Dante’s Peak which has not
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The risk of living near a volcano is obviously very high‚ but these risks are calculated. People don’t live on the side of a volcano because of the thrill‚ there is much more to why people do it. The dangers of living so close to an active volcano can be catastrophic‚ lava flows‚ lahars‚ and pyroclastic flows can all be devastating‚ so why then do people do it‚ people like those who live on the sides of Merapi‚ Indonesia‚ and those of Pinatubo in the Philippines‚ there is no denying that it happens
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