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Sulfur Dioxide Mount St
825 wordsThe two case studies I chose for my paper are the Mount St. Helen and Mount Pinatubo volcano eruptions. In this paper I will compare and contrasts the two volcanic eruptions on an individual, economic, and globally implications. The Mount St. Helens eruption took place on May 18, 1980. The eruption was designated as a five on the volcano index. The Mount Pinatubo eruption took place on June 15, 1991, and it was designated as a six on the volcano index. Mount Pinatubo eruption was about ten times...
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Lava Flows Shield Volcanoes
1,961 wordsA volcano is a mountain or hill formed by the accumulation of materials erupted through one or more openings in the earth's surface. Most volcanoes have steep sides but sometimes they can slope down or even be flat. The volcanoes above sea level are the best known, but the most volcanoes lie beneath the sea, formed along the global oceanic ridge. Volcanic eruptions in populated regions are a significant threat to people, property, and agriculture. The danger is mostly from fast-moving, hot flows...
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Mount St North Face
715 wordsMount St. Helen Eruption The eruption of Mount St. Helens occurred on May 18, 1980. It was the most significant eruption of the volcano in continental U. S. throughout the history. Today, most of geologists agree that the initial build up of magma, underneath the volcano, which resulted in eruption, was caused by the the movement of Earth's continental plates. The Mount St. Helens is located at the edge of Pacific plate, therefore the original seismic activity in volcano's vicinity, prior to eru...
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Millions Of Dollars Lava Flows
1,235 wordsVolcano's occur all over the world. The best know volcano zones occur on the destructive plate margin around the Pacific Ring of Fire. This chain of volcano's that lie along the west coast of central and south America, Japan and the Philippines, across New Zealand and into the Atlantic. Volcano's also occur in mid-ocean along the line of ocean ridges. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of ocean floor volcano's. When these volcano's erupt lava flows from the cracks building up the ocean floor. ...
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Square Miles Miles North
1,106 wordsLateral Blast The sudden removal of the volcano's north flank released pressure on the hydrothermal and magmatic system within the volcano, triggering a devastating lateral blast to the north. The abrupt pressure release, or " uncorking, " of the volcano by the avalanche can be compared in some ways to the removal of the cap from a vigorously shaken bottle of soda pop, or to punching a hole in a boiler tank under high pressure. The northward-directed lateral blast of rock, ash, and hot...
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Miles Per Hour Earths Crust
3,134 wordsMount St. Helens Location: Washington, United States Latitude: 46. 20 N Longitude: 122. 18 W height: 2, 549 meters or 8, 364 feet 9, 677 feet before May 18, 1980 Type: Strato volcano Number of eruptions in past 200 years: 2 - 3 Latest Eruptions: Between 1660 - 1700, around 1800 - 1802, 1831, 1835, 1842 - 1844, 1847 - 1854, 1857, 1980 -? Present thermal activity: strong steaming Nickname: Mount Fuji of the West Remarks: continuous intermittent activity since 1980 with occasional eruptions of stea...
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