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    Mount St Helens Volcano 1980 The Eruption Pre May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens is an active volcano in the Cascade Range. It is situated in southwestern Washington about 70 km northeast of Portland, Oregon (see Figure 1). Prior to 1980, the last time it erupted is believed to have been in 1857. The first indications of renewed Figure 1: Mount St. Helens location activity in 1980 were observed in the middle of March when earthquakes were detected beneath the volcano. There were many

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    What is a volcano? Volcanoes are great examples of the fiery power contained deep inside the Earth. These formations are essentially vents on the Earth 's surface where magma, debris, and gasses from the planet 's interior are expelled. Where can you find volcanoes? Volcanoes usually exist along the edges of tectonic plates (massive rock slabs that make up Earth 's surface). About 90% of all volcanoes exist within the Ring of Fire along the edge of the Pacific Ocean. About 1,900 volcanoes on Earth

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    GAC013 Assessment Event 4(4) Volcano Student’s Name: Lucia Student ID #: LHSJ 35493 Teacher: Zia Due Date: 5/30/2016 Word count: 2) Name of volcano Mount Vesuvius Mauna Loa Location It is in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore It isform the Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi in the Pacific Ocean Eruption date In 1944 In 1984 Damage/number of deaths caused The tephra and hot ash

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    The Mauna Loa Volcano The Mauna Loa volcano is located in Hawaii and means "Long Mountain" in Hawaiian. It is a giant, basaltic shield volcano. It is one of the largest volcanoes and mountains in the world and has been called the "monarch of mountains". It has an estimated volume of 9,600 cubic miles and takes up half the land of Hawaii. It extends about 120 km starting from the southern tip of the island to the northern region. It is 97 km (60 miles) long, 48 km (30 miles) wide, and is 8,742

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    Introduction Simultaneously, Mt Adams is the second highest mountain and the most under looked volcano in Washington State. In terms of volume, Mt. Adams is the second largest volcano (behind Mt. Shasta) in the Cascade Range (Alt & Hyndman 1984). Since it has been relatively quiet for the past couple millennia, it does not receive as much attention as it’s counterparts and draws very few tourists due to it’s remote setting (Hill 2004). Prior to recent research, not much was known regarding Mt. Adam’s

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    You may think that a supervolcano is far out of our reach and it could be thousands of years before one erupts and causes havoc all across the world, conversely it is not as far away as you may be thinking. A supervolcano refers to a volcano being able to spew more than two hundred and forty cubic miles of magma. Volcanoes causing this much destruction are not uncommon and there have been five volcanoes to erupt and wipe out massive amounts of life. Five may not seem like a massive number, but what

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    Explanation-Essay-Volcanos Cinder Cone What is it? A cinder cone volcano or scoria cone volcano is a steep conical hill. How are they made? Loose pyroclastic fragments, such as either volcanic clinkers, cinders, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent. What do they look like? What do they produce? Lava, ash, smoke. A cinder cone volcano or scoria cone volcano is a steep conical hill, Loose pyroclastic fragments, such as either volcanic clinkers, cinders, volcanic

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    evil there was a volcano, no other volcano compared to this one. This volcano was filled with positive and negative particles. Whenever some of the particles goes missing, it send volcanic lightning into the the sky. The Chaiten Volcano in southern Chile was a kind of it’s own. It housed a powerful god named Ignis, he has very strong anger issues that only trigger when his positive particles go missing. One day, Ignis left his volcano to go scope out the exterior of the volcano to make sure that

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    an active volcano that is located in the Cascade mountain range in Washington State. This volcano is considered to be one of the most active in the Cascades, and has a complex ecosystem. This volcano remained mostly dormant until May 18, 1980 where it unfortunately erupted and decimated the plant life, wildlife, and forever changed the geography of the surrounding area. Prior to the eruption of Mount Saint Helens, there was a vast ecosystem that thrived in the area surrounding the volcano. The area

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    Many journalists traveling to en masse to the Indian Ocean Island Reunion to cover the recent unveiling of a jet wing fragment were met with a surprise upon arriving--the eruption of one the planet’s most active volcanoes. The volcano screamed red-hot lava into the atmosphere near Reunion’s southeastern’s corner, and it was so shocking that several reporters suspected that a large-scale evacuation may be necessary, so much so that many considered delaying the search for airplane wreckage believed

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