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Natural Disasters By: Patrick L. Abbott. Chapter 6 Volcanoes.

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1 Natural Disasters By: Patrick L. Abbott

2 Chapter 6 Volcanoes

3 Overview zAnatomy of an Eruption zChemical and Mineral Composition of Magmas zTemperature, Gas Content, and Viscosity of Magmas zVolcanic Landforms zEruptive Styles zCollapse Calderas

4 Anatomy of an Eruption zSprings zGeysers zHow a Geyser Erupts yPores zHow a Volcano Erupts yViscosity

5 Chemical and Mineral Composition of Magmas zMinerals zCrystallization zRocks zPlutonic rocks zVolcanic rocks

6 Chemical and Mineral Composition of Magmas (cont.) zVolcanic Materials yPyroclastic yPahoehoe yaa yPillow lava yObsidian yPumice

7 Temperature, Gas Content, and Viscosity of Magmas zBasalt zAndesite zRhyolite

8 Volcanic Landforms zSills zDikes zCinder Cones (Basaltic to Andesitic) yVolcanic plug zStratovolcanoes (Andesitic to Rhyolitic) yComposite volcanoes zShield Volcanoes (Basaltic)

9 Eruptive Styles zIcelandic-type yFissures yLava Flows of 1973 zHawaiian-type zStrombolian-type zVolcanian-type

10 Eruptive Styles (cont.) zVesuvian-type yVesuvius, 79 C.E. yPyroclastic flows yLahars zPlinian-type yPlinian eruption zPelean-type

11 Collapse Calderas zCrater Lake (Mount Mazama), Oregon yCaldera zKrakatau, Indonesia, 1883 zSantorini and the Lost Continent of Atlantis


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