Volcanic Explosivity Index

heard of this explosion, but Tambora had massive historical effects. Let’s explore what this explosion was and how it impacted culture in the 1800’s. Mount Tambora erupted on the Island of Sumbawa on April 5th in 1815. It was recorded as “the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history” (Britannica). The effect of this massive eruption traveled far beyond the small Indonesian island. It impacted multiple and incredibly diverse aspects of society across Asia, Europe and North America. It affected art

Dante’s Peak is based on a Hollywood movie that is based on observed scientific facts. In the movie, the protagonist, Harry goes to Dante’s Peak to search for any volcanic action on their volcano. Firstly, Carbon Dioxide gas can be released from active underground Magma Chambers. This affects the soil/ground and emits into the atmosphere. An early warning sign of an eruption means when the animals are leaving the area. At the beginning of the movie, Harry and the Mayor(and the mayor's family) hiked

Mount Tambora Many things are connected to each other in many different ways. Mt. Tambora was connected to the thousands of deaths in the 1800s. Mt. Tambora is a volcano in Indonesia, when it erupted which surprised many people. A lot of people were living either on or around the volcano, when it erupted. Many people died on the mountain top. The thing is that the Indonesians weren’t the only ones who had, awful weather and destruction. People also died because of the food shortages on the island

Disagreeing with this statement is the argument of scale and how this could be used to justify why a natural disaster could exist. A devastating natural event could provide worldwide disruption and no-one could do anything to mitigate against it. This is what could be used to describe a natural disaster. Nothing human increases the impact in such a way that could without human interference it would be just another natural event. An example of this is the Yellowstone volcano. With predictions of the

The movie Dante’s Peak has some correct science facts, but is also riddled with incorrect statements as well. It is considered one of the better science related movies. I found 2 correct statements and 6 incorrect statements. For the correct statements the first is that the cascades are a great place for volcanoes to go off and that is because it is volcanically active and volcanoes have exploded without explanation. The second true statements is that carbon dioxide emitting from magma vents is

and volcanic ash. Mount St. Helens location is in Skamania County in Washington, with coordinates of 46 12'00.17"N122 11'21.13"W. Mount St Helen is famous because of its catastrophic eruption on May eighteenth in nineteen eighty. The eruption measured a five on the volcanic explosivity index. This is an index created by Chris Newell and Steven Self in the year nineteen eighty-two it was designed to try and measure the explosiveness of volcano eruptions to determine the value of the explosivity and

When examining the influence and impacts of volcanic eruptions upon the earth’s climate system we have to consider occurrences both in the present and in the past. It has been noted by McGuire et al. that “Volcanic activity and environmental change have been linked during recent times and in the geological record.” (2002:88) With thousands of volcanic events having transpired since the Archean, there is an abundance of evidence to support the theory that volcanoes have impacted our climate for over

The nature of volcanic hazards is often classified by the violence of the explosion and thus is assigned a number from the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI), for instance Icelandic and Hawaiian volcanoes which erupt basaltic lava - which has a low silica content and a basic chemical composition; it reaches a maximum temperature of 2000 degrees Celsius and thus has low viscosity. Due to this, gases are easily released and so the eruptions are non-explosive, with a VEI of 0-1 A prime example of this

understand the interaction between volcanic and seismotectonic processes, some meaningful terms have to be comprehended (Zobin, 2012). For instance, a volcano is a vent in the surface of the Earth that has in its internal structure a magma reservoir with gases and in its external structure solidified ejected material (Zobin, 2012). In the matter of its internal structure, it is considered that the gases govern great part of the life of a volcano (Zobin, 2012). Those volcanic gases, also known as volatiles

during a volcanic eruption. They occur at three main settings, namely; along subduction zones, a mid-oceanic spreading centres, and above mantle plumes. Environmental effects are determined by the size, explosivity, magma chemistry, and geological location. Volcanoes affect the climate through gases and particulate matter ejected into the atmosphere during an eruption. However, the sulfur content determines the impact on climate rather than the size of the explosion. The effect of volcanic gases and