volcanoes- montserrat Flashcards

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1
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date

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1996

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2
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plates

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atlantic and carribean

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3
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pyroclastic flows speed and temp

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45o mph, 1000 oC

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4
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fraction of island covered in ash

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2/3

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5
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ash depth

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12 foot

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6
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capitol city

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Plymouth- wiped out

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7
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deaths

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19 killed- many be pyroclastic flows,

some resisted evacuation

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8
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Britain’s role

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offered asylum and British citizenship

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9
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unemployment rise

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7%- 50%

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10
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rent increase

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70%

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11
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positive of eruption

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attracted tourists and scientists

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12
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primary responses

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evacuate areas- Plymouth main city

temporary shelter in islands

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13
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money given by Britain

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£41 million overall - 8 mill for new airport

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14
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long term responses

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exclusion zone set up
new roads built
volcano observatory- predicting and experiments

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15
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villages destroyed

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20

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16
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secondary effects

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soil infertility

fires spread across island