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Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity

Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity. A volcano is an opening in a planet's crust , which allows hot magma, ash, rock and gases to escape from below the surface. Volcano Defined.

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Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity

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  1. Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity

  2. A volcano is an opening in a planet's crust, which allows hot magma, ash, rock and gasesto escape from below the surface. Volcano Defined

  3. The word volcano is derived from the name of Vulcano island off Sicily which in turn, was named after Vulcan, the Roman god of FIRE. Volcano Word Origin Introduction to Volcanoes + Top Five Volcano Webcams

  4. Volcanoes are found on top of magma chambers and have large central vents through which the tephra and gases erupt. At the top of the central vent is a crater. Tephra, from the Greek meaning ash, are rock fragments and particles ejected by the volcanic eruption. Tephra = Pyroclastic materials Volcano Origins

  5. Factors Affecting Eruptions 10.1 The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions  Factors that determine the violence of an eruption • Composition of the magma • Temperature of the magma • Dissolved gases in the magma  Viscosity • Viscosity is the measure of a material's resistance to flow.

  6. What is more viscous? 10.1 What is viscosity?  Viscosity: The state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency. • IncreasingViscosity: • Water • Orange Juice • Canola Oil • Maple Syrup • Motor Oil • Jams • Peanut butter • Grease • Cement • Glass Viscosity of two liquids

  7. Factors Affecting Eruptions 10.1 The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions  Viscosity • Factors affecting viscosity - Temperature (hotter magmas are less viscous) - Composition (silica content) High silica—high viscosity (e.g., rhyolitic lava stream stone) 2. Low silica—more fluid (e.g., basaltic lava)

  8. Magma Composition

  9. Magma Definitions: Magma Composition (Raise the BAR) • Basaltic: (Touchstone) Fine-grained black volcanic rock. • Andesitic: (Andes Mountains) Fine-grained brownish-gray volcanic rock of intermediate composition between basaltic and rhyolitic. • Rhyolitic: (Lava-stream stone) Fine-grained pale volcanic rock of granite composition.

  10. Volcanic Material 10.1The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions • Lava Flows • Basaltic lavas are more fluid because lower silicates. • Types of lava - Pahoehoe lava (resembles braids in ropes) - Aa lava (rough, jagged blocks) • Gases • One to 5 percent of magma by weight • Mainly water vapor and carbon dioxide

  11. The magma that flows from volcanoes contains rock/minerals including silica. If the magma is high in silica, the higher the viscosity and the less the lava flows. The lower the silica level, the lower the viscosity and the more easily the lava flows. Silica Levels

  12. Sooooooo… Silicates slow lava flow High Silicates = High Viscosity Low Silicates = Low Viscosity Magma Flow Conclusions:

  13. Pahoehoe (Ropy) Lava Flow Pahoehoe lava flow video

  14. Slow-Moving A’a Flow A'a Lava flow

  15. Which are they?

  16. Factors Affecting Eruptions 10.1 The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions • Dissolved gases • • Mainly water vapor (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2), but also include, sulfur dioxide (SO2), hydrogen chloride (HCl), hydrogen fluoride (HF) • Gases expand near the surface • A vent is an opening in the surface of Earth through which molten rock and gases are released. • Provide the force to extrude lava

  17. Factors Affecting Eruptions 10.1 The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions • Dissolved gases Many different gases can be ejected from a volcano into the atmosphere. The gases provide the force to eject the tephra from the central vent.

  18. The more viscous (thicker) the magma, the slower the gases can rise through the central vent and, therefore, the more pressure that builds and the more explosive the eruption. Dissolved Gases

  19. Sooooo……. Thicker lava (more viscous) = more pressure building up = more explosive eruption Dissolved Gases

  20. Volcanic Material 10.1 The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions • Pyroclastic Materials • Pyroclastic materials is the name given to particles produced in volcanic eruptions. • • The fragments ejected during eruptions range in size from very fine duct and volcanic ash (less than 2 millimeters) to pieces that weigh several tons. • Sizes from 2 mm to 2 tons! • Tephra = Pyroclastic materials

  21. Volcanic Material 10.1 The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions • Pyroclastic Materials (Lava Solids!) • (pyro (fire) + clast (broken in pieces) • Types of pyroclastic material - Ash and dust—fine, glassy fragments - Pumice—frothy, air-filled lava - Lapilli—walnut-sized particles - Cinders—pea-sized particles • Particles larger than lapilli - Blocks—hardened lava - Bombs—ejected as hot lava

  22. Volcanic Material 10.1 The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions • Pyroclastic Clouds (Flows) • These fast moving clouds of hot gas and rock are the Real Killers! - Normally hug the ground and flow downhill - Up to 700 km/hr (450 mph), cannot outrun them. - People cooked in the 1000 °C (1,800 °F) heat. • Body instantly reduced to charcoal. Pyroclastic Clouds: The Real Killers

  23. PyroclasticFlows

  24. Types of Volcanoes 10.1 The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions • The four main volcanic types are: 1) shield volcanoes, 2) cinder cones, 3) composite cones, and 4) lava domes. • Anatomy of a Volcano • A volcano is a mountain formed of lava and/or pyroclastic material. • A crater is the depression at the summit of a volcano or that which is produced by a meteorite impact. • A conduit, or pipe, carries gas-rich magma to the surface.

  25. Anatomy of a “Typical” Volcano

  26. There are three major types of volcanoes (and one minor): Shield volcanoes Cinder cones Composite/Stratovolcano Lava domes (minor) Types of Volcanoes

  27. Types of Volcanoes 10.1 The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions • Shield Volcanoes (made by lava liquid) • Shield volcanoes are broad, gently sloping volcanoes built from fluid basaltic lavas. • Liquid, fluid lava flows versus pyrocastic solid lava.

  28. Shield volcanoes have shallow-sloping sides (looking like a shield from the side or from the air). These volcanoes form from fluid lava that can travel for long, long distances before hardening. This leaves a large volcano with a small slope. Shield Volcanoes (from liquid)

  29. Shield Volcanoes Hawaii Big Island: Shield flow volcano

  30. Kilauea Lo`ihi Mauna Loa Hualalai Mauna Kea Kohala Examples of Shield Volcanoes

  31. Types of Volcanoes 10.1 The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions • Cinder Cones (made by lava solids) • Cinder cones are small volcanoes built primarily of pyroclastic material ejected from a single vent and then cool quickly in the air. These accumulate to make the sides of the volcano. - Steep slope angle - Rather small in height and size - Frequently occur in groups

  32. The cinders up-close!

  33. Cinder Cones

  34. Cinder Cone: Pericutin, MX Paricutin, MX: Cinder Cone Volcano

  35. Cinder Cone: Sunset Crater,AZ

  36. Types of Volcanoes 10.1The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions • Composite Cones (a.k.a. stratovolcanoes) • Composite cones are volcanoes composed of both lava flows and pyroclastic material. - Most are adjacent to the Pacific Ocean (e.g., Mt. Rainier). - Large size and high in height - Interbedded lavas and pyroclastics - Most violent type of activity Mount Vesubius/Pompeii: Composite Cone

  37. Stratovolcanoes are tall and steep. They have periodic, explosive eruptions. These volcanoes are tall and steep because they erupt viscous (thick) lava that cools and hardens before is spreads very far. Composite/stratovolcanoes

  38. Composite means BOTH…both what? Made by BOTH lava solids (pyroclastic materials) and by lava liquid (lava flows). Composite/stratovolcanoes

  39. Composite Cones

  40. Mammoth Mountain, CA (dormant) Mt. Fuji, Japan Mt. Pinatubo, Phillipines Mt. Etna, Sicily Mt. Shasta, CA (dormant) Mt. Unzen, Japan Mt. Rainier, WA Mt. St. Helens, WA Krakatoa, Indonesia Mt. Vesuvius, Italy Stratovolcanoes

  41. Mount St. Helens Before and After the May 18, 1980, Eruption Before After

  42. Krakatoa (1883) decreased global temperatures by 4⁰ F for 5 years

  43. Lava domes are a type of volcano that are formed by lava that is too viscous to flow any great distance. The thick lava extrudes from the central vent, cools down and hardens around the vent. Lava domes can occur by themselves or on the flanks of large composite volcanoes. Lava Domes

  44. Lava Domes

  45. Lava Domes at Mount St. Helens

  46. Lava domes are often very, very dangerous. Thinking about the viscosity of the lava, why do you think they are dangerous? Lava Domes

  47. Lava Domes Lava Dome

  48. Profiles of Volcanic Landforms

  49. Other Volcanic Landforms 10.1The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions • Calderas • Calderas are large depressions in volcanoes. • Nearly circular • Formed by collapse • Size exceeds one kilometer in diameter

  50. Other Volcanic Landforms 10.1The Nature of Volcanic Eruptions • Volcanic Neck • A volcanic neck is a cylindrical-shaped landform standing above the surface created by magma solidifying in the vent of a volcano. Erosion of the sides of the volcano exposes the neck. 

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