Lava

volcano explodes all of the pressure is released causing the results to be destructive. After there is no more volcanic activity, or when the volcano is dormant, erosion will start wearing the cone down. The main cone is worn down to reveal the hard lava neck inside the conduit after thousands of years. After more eruption, the “volcanic neck”, which is the result of erosion, abolishes any remnants of the cone. Another after-effect of eruptions is the formation of a caldera. A caldera is formed when

Task: 1 Locational Context Tongariro National Park is located in the North Island of New Zealand, south of Lake Taupo. The reference points are: • Between 39 degrees and 39.5 degrees South of the equators • Between 50 – 100km from the sea • Between 500 and 2700m above sea level • In the centre of the North Island of New Zealand (page 5, Natural Landscapes, Year 12 notes) 1. Map of New Zealand, North Island The Park is home to two large volcanoes and one parasitic volcano, Mt Ruapehu

world. Mauna Loa is a shield volcano, comparable to many of Earth’s other large volcanoes. According to Caitlin Kelly with USA Today, “Shield volcanoes are formed by many lava flows that build up and create long, gentle slopes, rather than a steep-sided mountain.” Shield volcanoes emit low viscosity lava, which means the lava flows easily. This creates an enormous landform with a wide base. Mauna Loa makes up 50% of the Big Island of Hawaii, with an area of 2,035 square miles. In Hawaiian, Mauna

Have you ever heard of a supervolcano, the most explosive type of volcano on earth? The most famous super volcano on earth is in Yellowstone which has been dormant for 630,000 years, but will erupt in the near future which can be predicted. It can project magma more than 1,000 cubic kilometers. Volcanoes are usually formed along plate boundaries. A volcano can be formed when a oceanic crust is subducted under a continental crust. This creates immense pressure because the substantial weight of the

The general accepted divisions of our earths are the eon, era, period, epoch, and age, the two highest levels are the Phanerozoic and Precambrian. The Phanerozoic are made of three types of era, they are, Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic. The Precambrian is only made up of three era, they are, Hadean, Archean, and Proterozoic. The first one that came first to start the earth was the Precambrian. The Hadean Eon was names from the mythological Hades. This part of the Geologic time was when there

Yellowstone's super volcano reaches points of 10,308 ft. That is larger than both Mount St. Helens and Mount Tambora. Yellowstone's volcano last erupted about 174,000 years ago and created what is now the West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake. The last lava flow of Yellowstone's super volcano was approximately 70,000 years

400,000 years old and wasn’t active for a while. Until August 26, 79 A.D came around. On the day of the eruption/explosion, the volcano began to shake the ground. The mountain shot up about five miles of volcanic ash and lava, leaving the people running for their lives. The lava was moving so fast that the people were literally burning to death trying to reach safety. There was no warning because it was a volcano so the most it could do is shake before the eruption. The volcano eventually collapsed

was the most powerful on the island since 1975. This explored case problem to the residents and tourist who are happening to stay nearby where the erupted located.        CNN- Within 24 hours lava have destroyed 600 homes and some of the residents have to dealing with mandatory evacuation orders since lava moving closer by where they live, molten rock and high levels of sulfur

Precambrian Time 4.6 bil.-544 mil. The earth is a Molten Lava World. The earth was formed by countless collisions of meteors/molten rock which made it a world of fire and molten rock. Temp. exceeded 8,000 degrees F radioactivity prevented the molten world from cooling quickly Scientists used radioactive dating to date the Earth.The earth is a Waterworld. Meteors with 5% water help cover the Earth with water, but it was mainly because volcanoes gave of huge amounts of carbon dioxide which formed

explosively killing 25% of the population in Iceland (which is where its located) and 50% of livestock. Laki’s last eruption was in 1783 which lasted an eight month period between 1783-1784 that was about 233 years ago when it erupted 14 cubic km of lava and tephra which means types of materials that are erupted from a crater or volcanic vent an then depostited in to the air. Laki Volcano is near Eldgja and the village of kirkjubaejarklaustur, the two plates that made Iceland were the Eurasian plate