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Classification of volcanoes according to PHIVOLCS |
Active and Inactive |
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erupted within historical times |
Active volcanoes |
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accounts of these eruptions were documented by man |
Active volcanoes |
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erupted within the last 10,000 years based on analyses of datable materials |
Active volcanoes |
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no record of eruptions |
Inactive volcanoes |
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Physical form is being changed by agents of weathering and erosion via formation of deep and long gullies. |
Inactive volcanoes |
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Other classification of volcanoes according to experts |
active, dormant, extinct |
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erupted occasionally |
Active |
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rest for several years after eruption |
Dormant |
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no signs of eruption for a long time |
Extinct |
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The nature of volcanic eruptions could be observed based on three important factors |
viscosity, dissolved gases, ease of escape |
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A magma’s viscosity is directly related to its |
Silica content |
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___________ magma results in the build-up of gases and a great pressure increase that may cause an explosive eruption |
Viscous |
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Dissolved gases in magma are mostly |
Water vapor and carbon dioxide |
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_________________ in magma provide the force that extrudes molten rock from the vent |
Dissolved gases |
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Very fluid ________ magmas allow the expanding gases to bubble upward and escape the vent with relative ease |
Basaltic |
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Help shaped the structure of volcanoes |
-amount of materials extruded -kinds of materials extruded |
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Types of volcanoes based on eruptions |
-Quiet -Explosive -Intermediate -Fissure |
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Fluid lava spreads out quickly to form a broad cone with gentle slopes and called as oozing or non-explosive but sends fountains of lava hundreds of feet into the air in spectacular scarlet tongues. When it overflows, it can destroy and bury everything in its path. |
Quiet |
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Explode with unbelievable violence and the eruption is often preceded by loud rumblings and earthquake. These open up ground, forming great fissures, draining lakes and developing hot springs. |
Explosive |
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Eruption is sometimes quiet, sometimes explosive or a combination of both. |
Intermediate |
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The largest amount of volcanic materials are extruded from cracks in the crust and rather than build a cone, these long narrow cracks distribute volcanic materials over a wide area. |
Fissure |
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Composition of Dissolved Gases in magma |
-70% water vapor -15% CO2 -5% Nitrogen gas -5% sulphur with lesser amounts of Cl, H, and Ar |
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Lava with low Silica content and very fluid |
Basaltic Lava |
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hot runny, silky, and rope-like lava |
Pahoehoe |
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cooler sharp jagged |
Aa |
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Types of Lava Flow |
-Silicic Lava -Basaltic Lava -Pahoehoe -Aa |
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Ejected lava fragments |
Pyroclastic materials |
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Types of Pyroclastic materials |
-Lapili -Cinders -Blocks -Bombs |
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Size of walnuts |
Lapili |
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Size of pea |
Cinders |
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hardened Lava |
Blocks |
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Incandescent lava |
Bombs |
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Volcanic landforms |
-Calderas -Fissure eruptions -Volcanic necks |
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A volcanic crater that exceeds one kilometer in diameter, roughly circular and mostly formed when the summit of a volcano collapses into a partially emptied magma chamber below |
Calderas |
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These are formed when great volumes of volcanic materials like very fluid basaltic lava are extruded from fractures in the crust |
Fissure eruptions |
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An isolated, steep-sided, erosional remnant consisting of lava that once occupied the vent of a volcano. |
Volcanic necks |
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The magma that does not reach the surface cools down and hardens beneath the volcano and form different __________ rocks |
Igneous |
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Most magma is emplaced at depth and the structure that results from emplacement and crystallization of magma beneath the Earth’s surface is called |
Pluton (plutonic igneous rocks) |
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Pluton according to shape |
tabular or massive |
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Pluton according to orientation with respect to the host rock |
discordant or concordant |
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Pluton that cuts across existing structures |
Discordant |
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Pluton that forms parallel to the sedimentary |
Concordant |
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tabular, discordant bodies that are produced when magma is injected into fractures |
Dikes |
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tabular plutons formed when magma is injected along sedimentary bedding surfaces |
Sills |
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product of very fluid magmas |
Sills |
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most are composed of the rock basalt |
Sills |
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form in near-surface environments and often cools quickly generating an aphanitic texture |
Sills |
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similar to sills when formed but the magma is more viscous and collect as lens-shaped mass that arches the overlying strata upward |
Laccoliths |
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largest igneous bodies that occur in groups that form linear structures several hundred of kilometers long and up to 100 kilometers wide |
Batholiths |
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consist of rock types having chemical compositions toward the granitic end |
Batholiths |
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smaller plutons or batholiths |
Stocks |
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make up the core of mountain systems |
Batholiths |
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gases are used to generate electric power. This is mixed with varying amounts of carbon dioxide, ammonia, methane and helium. |
Fumarole gases |
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used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. |
Sulphur dioxide |
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used in making fertilizer. |
Ammonia |
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used as a fuel gas |
Methane |
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In __________, ammonium carbonate, sodium carbonate and boric acid are extracted from the steam and water vapor in volcanic areas. |
Italy |
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Lahar from __________ is a source of feldspar for glassmaking, pottery or porcelain production. It can also be converted to crystallized glass ceramics as a substitute for marble for floor and wall tiles. |
Mt. Pinatubo |
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Volcanoes that have lost its explosiveness can be tapped to provide |
Geothermal steam |
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(Rank/Location/Last Eruption/Number of Eruptions) Mt. Mayon |
1/Albay or Bicol Region/2017-2018/50 |
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(Rank/Location/Last Eruption/Number of Eruptions) Taal Volcano |
2/Batangas/1977/33 |
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(Rank/Location/Last Eruption/Number of Eruptions) Mt. Kanlaon |
3/Negros Oriental/2006/26 |
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(Rank/Location/Last Eruption/Number of Eruptions) Mt. Bulusan |
4/Sorsogon/2010/17 |
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(Rank/Location/Last Eruption/Number of Eruptions) Mt. Ragang |
5/Lanao Del Sur/1882/10 |