1. VOLCANIC ERUPTION - MONSERRAT

2. Montserrat is a small island in the Caribbean = 12 miles long and 7 miles wide.

3. It is known as the “Emerald Island” and attracts the rich and famous (e.g. Sir Paul McCartney and Sting
However, most of the population are poor and rely on subsistence farming.
Before the eruption people lived on the island, 50% of which lived in the capital, Plymouth.

4. The cause of the eruption
Montserrat is situated on a plate boundary between the Caribbean Plate and the North Atlantic Plate. These are DESTRUCTIVE plate boundaries
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SHOW tom, tom.acs, 66, 68
PLAY Wave
PLAY LookUp
SAY We believe that friction between the plates is melting sections of the crust and upper mantle layer.^PAUSE=1300^
PLAY GestureUp
SAY Giant globules of molten rock or magma melt there way to the surface forcing up the Cascade Volcanoes. ^PAUSE=1300^
PLAY LookLeft
SAY The geologist think there are hot spots along the plate boundary which create the Cascade chain.^PAUSE=1300^
PLAY Think
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North Atlantic Plate (oceanic)
Caribbean Plate

5. BACKGROUND TO THE 1997 ERUPTION
July the volcano erupted for the 1st time in over 350 years
50% of the population were evacuated to the north of the island.
By April 1996 – Plymouth was like a ghost town as more people were evacuated due to the eruptions which became more explosive

6. The eruptions became more and more explosive with lava and ash being ejected from the volcano
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