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Date: Entry: Volcanoes Pg
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1. Volcanic eruptions Constructive force
I. Add new rock to existing land II. Make new islands B. Destructive force I. Changes landscape around the volcano
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Mount Saint Helens
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Mount Saint Helens
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When Mt. St. Helens erupted.
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2. Anatomy of a volcano Vent – opening that allows magma to escape Magma – melted rock inside volcano Lava – erupted magma outside volcano Volcano – the vent and the mountain that forms around it from cooled lava, ash, cinders, and rock
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3. Location of volcanoes Most occur along plate boundaries
Area in Pacific Ocean where volcanoes are common called Ring of Fire
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C. Hot spots Form in the center of moving plates
Example – Hawaiian Islands, Yellowstone
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For your viewing pleasure
Volcanic Eruption’s
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Mt. St Helens
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Two years after the 1980 eruption
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Pahoehoe flow
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Ropey Pahoehoe
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Aa lava flow
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Lava fountain
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Lava meets ocean
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Vulcanologists sampling gases
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Mount Pinatubo ash plume
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Dormant 500 years July 16, eq. April 1991 magma started rising to surface 1000s small eqs accrued June 15th massive eruption ejected 5 cu.km vol. Material Ash cloud rose 22 miles Satellites tracked ash cloud several times around globe Pyroclastic flows filled valleys 660 ft. thick 20 million tons of sulphur dioxide into stratosphere global temps dropped .50C.
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Ex. Mauna Ulu, Hawaii
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Mauna Loa, Hawaii erupting 1984
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Mount Etna, Italy
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Mount Rainer, Washington
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Crater Lake, Oregon
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Aniakchak Volcano, Alaska
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Devil’s Tower, South Dakota
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Clingman’s Dome, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee
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