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Volcanic Eruptions - VOLCANOES AND TYPES OF ERUPTION Flashcards

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volcanic landforms (4 kabuok)

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Lava Flow
Lava Dome
Continental Flood Basalt
Volcanoes

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formed when lava eventually cools and solidifies into an igneous rock body

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Lava Flow

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two types of lava flow

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aa ; pahoehoe

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is a Hawaiian term for lava flows that have a rough rubbly surface composed of broken lava blocks

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Aa

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broken lava blocks are called

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clinkers

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is a Hawaiian word used to describe a lava flow with a smooth, ropy surface

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pahoehoe

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are steep-sided mounds that were formed from viscous lava (rhyolitic) and can act like a plug when it begins to solidify

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lava domes

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what type of magmas are lave domes made of?

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rhyolitic

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t or f: lava domes can act like a plug when it begins to solidify and thus allow pressure to build in the magma chamber and result in a more explosive eruption

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T

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example of a continental flood basalt

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Deccan Traps, India

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formed when large volumes of basaltic lava will flow onto the surface along large fracture zones

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Continental flood basalt

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an accumulation of extrusive materials around a vent through which lava, gas, or pyroclastic are ejected

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volcanoes

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continental flood basalts are formed when large volume of basaltic lava will flow onto the surface along ______

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large fracture zones

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t or f: volcanoes are accumulation of extrusive materials around a vent or sometimes a fault or fracture

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T

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volcanoes are accumulation of extrusive materials around a vent (sometimes a fault or fracture) through which ___, ___, or ___ are ejected

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lava, gas, pyroclastics

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three types of volcanic cones:

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cinder
composite
shield

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a volcanic vent can coincide with a fault or fracture, resulting in a linear extrusion known as

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fissure eruption

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relatively small and is formed when lava is ejected into the air and cools into pyroclastic material called cinders, which then fall and accumulate around the vent

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cinder cones

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t or f: cinder cones can be formed along another composite or shield volcano

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T

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example of a cinder cone volcano

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Taal Volcano

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composite cone volcanoes are also know as

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stratovolcano

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are cone-shaped volcanoes with steep slope

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composite cone volcanoes

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composite cone volcanoes consist of alternating layers of

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pyroclastic material and lava flows

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what type of magma is generally associated with composite cone volcanoes?

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andesitic to felsic magmas

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magmas in composite cone volcanoes are _____ and ____
viscous and gas-charged
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examples of composite vocanoes
Mayon Volcano, Bicol Region Mt. Fuji, Japan
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type of volcano that are exceptionally large landforms composed primarily of basaltic lava flows
shield volcanoes
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shield volcanoes has broad cross-sectional shape due to _______ which can travel considerable distances from the vent
low viscosity of basalt
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shield volcanoes has a ______ type of eruption as basaltic magma contains low amount of dissolved gases and has low viscosity
quiescent
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example of a shield volcano
Mauna Loa
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t or f: shield volcanoes can be formed above a hotspot
T
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what is the largest ACTIVE volcano on Earth
Mauna Loa
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what is the most active volcano on earth
Mt. Etna ?
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a circular depression where lava and pyroclastic material is being ejected
Crater
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a circular depression that forms after an eruption when large volumes of magma are ejected from a shallow magma chamber, leaving it empty and thus causing it to subside / collapse
caldera
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example of a filled caldera
Crater Lake in Cascade Range in Oregon
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how many active volcanoes in the Philippines?
24
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northernmost active volcano in the philippines
Mt. Iraya
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southernmost active volcano in the philippines
Mt. Bud Dajo
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Southernmost volcano in Luzon
Mt. Bulusan
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6 volcanoes along Philippine Trench
Mayon, Bulusan, Isarog, Iriga, Biliran, Cabalian
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westernmost volcano in the Philippines
Pinatubo
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easternmost volcano in the Philippines
Leonard Kniaseff
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top 6 most active volcanoes in the Philippines
Mayon, Taal, Pinatubo, Bulusan, Hibok-hibok, Kanlaon
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mt. apo is what kind of volcano based on how active it is
potentially active
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what is the nearest active volcano to Davao City
Lake Leonard Kniaseff
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morphologically young looking but with no historical or analytical records of eruption
Potentially active
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no recorded eruptions, physical form has been intensively weathered and eroded, bearing deep and long gullies
inactive
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erupted within the last 10,000 years
active
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a zone of molten material where magma accumulates and occurs at a considerable depth
magma chamber
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the ______ caused by the overlying rock gives the molten material within the magma chamber a tremendous amount of _____
confining pressure ; fluid pressure
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as magma rises and encounters less confining pressure, it _______ on the surrounding rocks, thereby creating ____ and ____ and subsequent ______.
expands and pushes outwards; fractures and faults; earthquakes
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these provide pathway for the magma to the surface
fractures and faults
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if the overlying rock at some point can no longer capable of containing the ______, then significant amount of magma can make its way to the surface resulting in a ______
fluid pressure ; volcanic eruption
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volcanic eruptions occur when
pressurized magma breaches the surface
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are associated with more viscous and gas-charged magmas in which the dissolved gases rapidly decompress, ejecting rocks and ash into the atmosphere
Explosive eruptions
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are associated with hot fluid magma containing less dissolved gas, in which case generates lava fountains and lava flows
nonexplosive eruptions or quiescent eruption
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quiescent eruptions generate
lava fountains and lava flows
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t or f: subduction zone volcanoes tend to erupt in an explosive manner because their andesitic magmas usually contain large volumes of gas (mostly carbon dioxide)
F (mostly water vapor)
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hot spot volcanoes located in the interior or plate also erupt in a _____ manner, as their rhyolitic magmas usually contain _____
violent ; abundant water
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pulverized rock that is ejected along with the lava is collectively know as
pyroclastic material
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are solidified lava and pulverized rock
tephra
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it is the finest volcanic material and can travel hundreds, even thousands of miles before falling back to Earth's surface
volcanic ash
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ways to classify pyroclastic deposits and rock
1. grain size 2. grain size mixture 3. components
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grain size of common pyroclastic deposits and rocks
>64 mm - blocks, bomb 64-2 mm - Lapillus 2 - 1/16mm - Coarse ash <1/16 mm - Fine ash
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term used for consolidated ash
Tuff
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term used for consolidated materials if >64mm and composed of 75% bombs
agglomerate
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term used for consolidated blocks and bombs
pyroclastic breccia
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term used for consolidated lapillus
lapillistone
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term used for unconsolidated lapillus
lapilli tephra
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unconsolidated blocks and bombs
agglomerate
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what is the pyroclastic debris compose of 15% ash , 60% lapilli and 15% blocks/bombs
lapilli-tuff
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it is a relative measure of the explosiveness of volcanic eruptions
volcanic explosivity index (VEI)
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who devised VEI and when was it
Stephen Self and Chris Newhall, 1982
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one of the frontrunner during Mt. Pinatubo eruption, who prevented thousands of death by looking at precursors of the volcanic eruption
Chris Newhall
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VEI range
0-8
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VEI of yellowstone caldera
8
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VEI of Tambora, 1815
7
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VEI of Pinatubo (1991) and Krakatau (1883)
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two submarine volcanoes in the Philippines
Smith and Didicas
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a type of volcanic eruption that takes place in shallow seas or lakes. It is named after an island off the southern coast of Iceland
Surtseyan Eruption
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also known as Mount Babuyan, is a cinder cone on Babuyan Island, the northernmost of the Babuyan group of islands on Luzon Strait
Smith Volcano
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Was a submarine volcano and is an active volcanic island in the province of Cagayan in northern Philippines.
Didicas Volcano
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Didicas volcano emerged in ____
1952

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