Cascade Volcanoes

dont really know about volcanic earthquakes but nevertheless it exists. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Mount Mazama and Crater Lake: Growth and Destruction of a Cascade Volcano U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 092-02 Ed Klimasauskas, Charles Bacon, and Jim Alexander Last updated 2002 Accessed on May 10th 2006 http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/CraterLake/Publications/FS092-02/framework.html Wizard Island Wikipedia Author is unknown Last updated May 11th Accessed on May 11th

many things about plate tectonics, for example I learned that the Earth is made out of large plates that move against each other and create natural disasters. I was so amazed at the power of plate tectonics. Plate tectonics can create things like volcanoes, tsunamis, and earthquakes. I felt so smart after I researched things about plate tectonics. I even went around my house and asked my family if they knew anything about plate tectonics. My mom called my older friends’ parents and arranged another

before in human history, taking off 600 feet of its summit. The study of this eruption will help bring Geologists closer to understanding the secrets of Earth. Mount Saint Helens stands south of Seattle 100 miles, helping to create part of the Cascade Mountain Range. Before May 18th of 1980, the mountain was the center of a recreational paradise, and a prosperous timber industry. It all changed though on March 20th of 1980, when a 4.2 magnitude Earthquake woke Mount St. Helens from a slumber that

The four mountain ranges (Cascade Range, Olympic Range, Coast Rand and Rocky Mountains) help support the wet and cool conditions that create the green and over-abundance forestation. Explorers must have been mystified by the vast amount of tall Evergreen trees, the Colombia River’s power and volume, and snowcapped volcanoes intertwined within the mountains ranges. The countless rivers, valleys and creeks, give way to rolling

Mount St Helens Volcano 1980 The Eruption Mount St. Helens is an active volcano in the Cascade Range (see Figure 1) . It is situated in southwestern Washington about 70 km northeast of Portland, Oregon and was formed during four eruptive stages beginning about 275,000 years ago (Crandell, 1987). Prior to Figure 1: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3721266.st 1980, the last time it erupted is believed to have been in 1857. The first indications of renewed activity in 1980 were observed

organisms like palm trees, avocados and crocodiles.This time is when the rocks/the Clarno formation were created throughout the Oligocene epoch, climate became temperate. Starting the Miocene epoch, climate changed dramatically due to the rising Cascades. The plants and animals were different than before. Oak trees and deer replaced the palms and crocodiles . Low silica eruptions occurred in this time covering the area

eruption in history. Briefly succeeding a magnitude 5.1 earthquake, an enormous slab of Mount St. Helens northern flank collapsed in a massive debris avalanche. This landslide was the largest to transpire on Earth in recorded history and caused the volcanoes magma system to depressurize. With the cap of the mountain removed, superheated gases and rock fragments blasted through the side of the mountain (USDA, 2005). The lateral blast accelerated at speeds of 480 km per hour and reached temperatures

views stimulate emotional experience for some. 1. Santorini, Greece Probably one of the world’s most famous places to spectate the descending sun, Santorini is famed for distinct architecture that cascades down 900-foot cliffs into the ‘caldera’ (cauldron-like volcanic feature on large central volcanoes) of an active volcano set amidst the Aegean Sea. To catch one of the orange and blue skies, head to town Oia for the best views as the iconic dome-shaped homes will leave you enchanted. 2. Ipanema

Tales). The mythology encompasses the vast Polynesia region (See Figure 1 for map), and really centers around nature as opposed to other cultures; most deities are associated with the surrounding environment such as Pele-honua-mea (Pele), Goddess of Volcanoes, and creator of the Hawaiian islands (Beckwith). Another example is would be Nā-maka-o-Kahaʻi (Nāmaka), sister of Pele and the two are often known to clash. Nāmaka is associated with the seas (Beckwith). (See Figure 2 for Visual of Deities) Figure

Into the Darkness In the cold, dark fog of what used to be Venice, Italy stood a city of only the darkest and coldest of heart. Nobody in the poor, dreary town cared for the rest of other poor, sick people that were dying due to plagues spread by the excess of nuclear waste dropped in the crossfire. Ever since world war 3 the whole face of the Earth was wiped of most of civilization and all of the decency in people’s hearts. At this point people thought only of this situation as a free-for-all