3-2. VOLCANOES & EARTHQUAKES3-2-1. Distribution
• Along the plate boundaries• Within plates
http://picsdigger.com/keyword/transform%20plate%20boundary/
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/Earth&Space/GPS/volcanism.html
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~leeman/Man&Nature.html
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/class_homepages/geog_3251_sum08/
3-2-2. Types of Volcanoes
• Rock types• Basaltic• Andesitic• Rhyolitic
• Shape & structure• Cinder cone• Lava dome• Maar• Shield volcano• Stratovolcano
• Activity• Active• Extinct• Dormant
Capulin Volcano National Monument, New Mexico. Capulin Mountain, a huge cinder cone which last erupted between 58,000 to 62,000 years ago, rises more than 1,000 feet above its basehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinder_cone
The new lava dome inside Kelud's crater, consisting of two major parts. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sq/kelud/1107/lava_dome/image2.html
Wabah maar in Saudi Arabia
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/hydrovolcanic-landforms
View of Mauna Kea from Mauna Loa observatory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_volcano
http://geopark.jeju.go.kr/?mid=KR010104
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovolcano
Mount Fuji, an active stratovolcano in Japan that last erupted in 1707–08
3-2-3. Volcano Hazards
Mr Sleik's stairs burst into flames as the lava creeps ever-closer to the modest wooden house
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1297706/Hawaii-home-owner-watches-molten-lava-de-stroy-house-volcano-erupts.html
27 July 2010Lava from KilaueaVolcano, Hawaii
Dome Collapses Generate Pyroclastic Flows, Unzen Volcano, Japan (1994)
Lava Dome Grows Above Steep Slope
Pyroclastic Flows Rush Down New River Valley
Trees and Buildings Burned by Ash-Cloud Surges
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hazards/pyroclasticflow/un-zen.php
1902 Eruption of Mount Pelee, Martinique
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/caribb/martnque.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pel%C3%A9e
A map of the affected area around Mount Pelée printed in 1904
before
after
1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens, USA
Mt. St. Helens mushroom cloud, 40 miles wide and 15 miles high. Camera location: Toledo, Washington, 35 miles west-northwest of the mountain. The picture is a composite of about 20 separate images.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens
http://www.daviddarling.info/childrens_encyclopedia/Dig_a_Hole_to_China_Chapter1.html
Before and after
David A. Johnston hours before he was killed by the eruption
http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/comments/the_worlds_worst_volcanic_eruptions.
Year Volcano Country Death Toll
1815 Tambora Indonesia 92,000
1883 Krakatoa Indonesia 36,000
79 Vesuvius Italia 33,000
1902 Pelee Martinique 33,000
1985 Nevado del Ruiz Columbia 23,000
1792 Unzen Japan 15,000
1586 Kelut Indonesia 10,000
1783 Laki Iceland 9,350
1902 Santa Maria Guatemala 6,000
1919 Kelut Indonesia 5,000
The World’s Worst Volcanic Eruptions As Measured by Death Toll
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