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Mt. Kilauea

Mt. Kilauea. Kayleigh Flannery Melissa Scott. The Plates and Their Location. The plate involved is the Pacific Plate This plate is located beneath the Pacific Ocean. Explaining the Pacific Plate. The Pacific Plate moves in a northwesterly motion. As it moves up, it moves to the left

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Mt. Kilauea

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  1. Mt. Kilauea Kayleigh Flannery Melissa Scott

  2. The Plates and Their Location • The plate involved is the Pacific Plate • This plate is located beneath the Pacific Ocean

  3. Explaining the Pacific Plate • The Pacific Plate moves in a northwesterly motion. As it moves up, it moves to the left • It is considered a convergent boundary which is a boundary that occurs between two plates moving toward each other

  4. The History of Mt. Kilauea Map shows lava flows erupted from 1983 to the present

  5. Potential Impacts • lava flows • tephra (airborne lava fragments) • volcanic gases-air pollution • explosive eruptions • ground cracks and settling

  6. What’s Being Done • Tilt Meter • an instrument that measures angular displacements of the earths surface • Global Positioning System (GPS) • Satellites that measure latitude, longitude, and altitude Tilt Meter GPS

  7. What’s Being Done Cont. • There are many building codes that have to be followed to promote safety • There are codes for the following • Foundation • Floor and Wall Framing • Roof and Ceiling Framing • Other General Requirements

  8. Interesting Facts • Kilauea is Hawaii's youngest volcano and one of the world's most active. It is 23 years old, and has had 55 eruptions. • It has had the most voluminous outpouring of lava on the volcano's east rift zone in the past five centuries. • It has destroyed 189 structures since 1983, but none since 2002

  9. Resources • http://www.extremescience.com/PlateTectonicsmap.htm#Pacificplate • http://www.volcanolive.com/tiltmeter.html • http://www.hawaii-county.com/permits/info_const.html • http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/#tilt • http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eastern/plates.html

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