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Explosive eruptions Flashcards

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What causes eruptions to be explosive

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-as viscous lava reaches surface, gasses cannot escape = huge pressure build up

-blasts lava flows and tephra

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example of explosive eruption

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mount Tambora
stratovolcano

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VEI of explosive eruptions

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