Eurasian Plate

triggered many small earthquakes around the volcano. The actual eruption of Mount Pinatubo didn’t occur until June 15 1991. The volcano is located on the Philippian island of Luzon which is located in the Ring of Fire. In relation to the tectonic plates, it is located on the…

When: The eruption took place March to May 2010. The eruptions in March were mostly lava eruptions which presented little threat. On April 14th a new phase of eruption occurred which became much more explosive; violent and massive eruptions spent large amounts of ash high up into the atmosphere (Muskett, 2014). Where: Eyjafjallajökull Volcano is located in Southern Iceland approximately125km away from Reykjavik, the capital city (Muskett, 2014) (reference map to the right). What: The…

Asia and it is called Tibetan Plateau. And then I’ll be comparing the different land forms. The Grand Canyon is in Northern Arizona with an elevation of 8,000 feet. The process of the land form forming was the pacific plate slid underneath the North America plate. It took 4 million years for the canyon to be carved by the Colorado River and side streams and all of the rivulets helped. The Grand Canyon was formed by erosion and…

Specific purpose: To inform the audience on what happened to Pompeii. Central Idea: Mount Vesuvius is a dangerous active volcano that has the potential to cause the equivalent damage or worse even today. Introduction I. “I looked round: a dense black cloud was coming up behind us, spreading over the earth like a flood. Many besought the aid of the goods, but still more imagined there were no gods left, and that the universe was plunged into eternal darkness for evermore.” A. These were the words…

Preventive Measures in the 2011 Japanese Earthquake Disaster Summary The 2011 Japanese earthquake followed by the triggered tsunami and nuclear disaster caused severe damage to the country. The three major events cost billions of dollars of damage and the earthquake, rated 9 on the moment magnitude scale, is the largest to ever hit Japan and the fourth largest in the world; more than 10,000 of its people lost their lives. For such an earthquake and tsunami prone country, it was a devastating…

find the subject of geology very fascinating and I plan on choosing it as a major but I especially find the geology of Kamchatka to be very interesting. In my presentation, I will be discussing the history of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the tectonic plates and the ring of fire, and some of my favorite volcanos in Russia. On the far eastern side of Russia, there is a 270,000-kilometer peninsula that houses all the volcanos in Russia called the Kamchatka Peninsula. Kamchatka, like Russia, has…

Mercury is a rocky planet and is the closest celestial body to the sun in our solar system. The planet is covered in many craters, boulders and pulverized dust. The planet lacks an atmosphere to help dictate temperature changes throughout a day, so the planet can experience many temperature swings multiple times per day. After a number of observations, it has been inferred that the planet has been geologically inactive for billions of years. There are no signs of dust storms, clouds, rivers…

week 3 (February 10th to February 12th) we had just started talking about plate tectonics. We learned about the three types of plate boundaries (convergent plate boundaries, divergent plate boundaries, and transform plate boundaries). With relation to the earthquake in Nepal, it was caused by the stress of two tectonic plates that were located at a convergent plate boundary: the Indian plate and the overriding Eurasian plate. It was really interesting being familiar with, and able to utilize the…

Mercury:The surface geology of the planet Mercury can be very easily described as - Rocky. Because of this it bears as strong resemblance to the earths moon. This is due the the heavily cratered surface which has been caused by asteroids which has caused these giant craters in the planets surface, leaving pulverized dust and boulders behind. The reason all of the asteroids were able to hit the surface of this planet is because its magnetic field is not strong enough to deflect or slow them down…

fossils of sea life. Unless sea creatures somehow reached the peak of our planet, this is definite evidence that the peak was at one point subaquatic. Geologists know that many years ago there was an ocean between the Indian and Eurasian plates. The collision of these plates brought rock that was at the bottom of this ocean five miles above sea…