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✅3.1.5.3 - Volcanic Hazards Flashcards

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What are the characteristics of shield volcanoes?

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Gentle slopes, wide base
Frequent eruptions, basic lava
High speed and low viscosity basaltic lava
Non-violent eruptions

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Where are shield volcanoes found?

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Constructive boundaries

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What are the characteristics of composite volcanoes?

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Steep sides, cone shape
High with narrow base
Explosive eruptions
Layers of alternating ash and lava
Secondary/parasitic cones
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Where are composite volcanoes found?

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Destructive boundaries

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What type of lava is rich in silica?

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Slow flowing, viscous lava

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What is generally erupted from volcanoes at destructive margins?

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Lava bombs, ash, dust

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What are primary effects?

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Occur immediately along with the event, as a result of it

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What are secondary effects?

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Direct consequence of the event but not immediate

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What are lava flows?

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Streams of molten rock that pour or ooze from an erupting vent

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What are the two types of lava?

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Pahoehoe and A’a

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What are the characteristics of pahoehoe lava?

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Smooth, billowy surface, relatively thin

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What are the characteristics of A’a lava?

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Rough, jagged surface and thick lava

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When lava solidifies, what does it form?

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Igneous rock

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How are gases released from magma?

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As it rises to the surface and pressure decreases, gases are given off from the liquid portion

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What are the main gases that lead to acid rain?

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Carbon Dioxide and Sulphur Dioxide

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How can acid raid impact the environment?

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Polluting waterways and soil, killing plants and trees, dissolving rock

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What is ash made up of?

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Fragments of pulverised rock, minerals and volcanic glass

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How is ash formed?

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When dissolved gases in magma expand and escape violently into the atmosphere in explosive eruptions

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What impacts can ash have?

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It can disrupt aviation, critical infrastructure eg electric power supply, and impact health

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What is a pyroclastic flow?

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A high density mix of hot lava blocks, pumice, ash and volcanic gas

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How fast can pyroclastic flows move?

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700km/h

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How do pyroclastic flows form?

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Form collapse of an eruption column, colapse of lava domes, or ‘boiling over’

23
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Why are pyroclastic flows considered the most dangerous of volcanic hazards?

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Their speed makes them inescapable, and due to high temperatures, it is impossible to survive one

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What is a lahar?

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A moving mass of soils or mud made fluid by rain or snow moving down a steep slope

25
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What are lahars triggered by?

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Heavy rain or large amounts of ground water flowing through rocks as it causes the top layer of soil to be removed

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What are tephras?

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Rock fragments and particles thrown into the air by volcanic eruptions

27
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How can tephra lead to a pyroclastic flow?

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If the rock fragments are hot enough to fuse together

28
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How can tephra cause a temperature drop?

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If they reflect light and heat from the sun while in the atmosphere

29
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What are nuees ardentes?

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Clouds of gas ash and lava fragments ejected from the volcano

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What can form part of a nuees ardentes?

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Pyroclastic flow

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What are the main volcanic gases?

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Sulphur Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen Flouride, Hydrogen Chloride, water vapour

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How can volcanic gases have an impact?

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Sulphur dioxide can cause acid rain and global cooling, Carbon Dioxide can cause global warming and Flourides can be lethal to animals

33
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What attempted control was used on Mauna Loa in 1935?

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Bombing lava tubes

34
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How was Eldfell’s lava controlled on Heimay in 1973?

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It was blasted with freezing sea water to cool it rapidly

35
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How was Mount Etna controlled in 1983?

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Barriers of rock and ash were constructed to divert the lava

36
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How can volcanoes be monitored using geological observations?

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A tiltmeter can be used to measure slope angle and bulges, and GPS to measure horizontal movements caused y expansion before an eruption

37
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How can volcanoes be monitored using seismic activity?

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Seismographs measure earthquakes around a volcano as it prepares to erupt

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How can gas emissions be used to monitor volcanic activity?

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As magma nears the surface and pressure decreases, gases escape. Sulphur dioxide is released as large amounts reach the surface, and concentrations can be measured

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What is the main disadvantage of monitoring volcanoes using seismic activity?

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Most volcanoes are on plate boundaries, so it can be difficult to distinguish between volcanic earthquakes and routine tremors

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