Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

This week I learned about the three different types of volcanoes and the types of volcanic hazards associated with each type of volcano. This information is important to me because now I understand the hazards associated with living in certain parts of the country that have volcanoes. I understand that the volcanoes found in Hawaii (Shield volcanoes) erupt differently and pose different dangers than the volcanoes in the Cascade Mountain Range (Composite volcanoes). Since I live in Portland,…

Erta- Ale, is today the longest continually erupting volcano on the planet. It is pretty much a lake of lava that has been molten for over 100 years. These same volcanic forces are what created Ethiopia’s highlands. Seventy million years ago, Ethiopia’s land was just flat and deep terrestrial land. It wasn’t until molten lava rose from the Earth’s core and crated a huge dome of rock 500 miles wide: the roof of Africa. The summit is about three miles high and are home to some very…

This is due to the fact that it was what is called a phreatic eruption, or a shallow steam explosion, which is near impossible to predict (Oskin, 2014). Eruptions like these are caused by hot air escaping through cracks in the rock surrounding the volcano. Basically the heat escapes from the rock, superheating the surrounding…

To review a copy of the suppliers shipping records I would use the discovery method of document production. For document production I would need to submit a written request for the suppliers shipping records. To preserve the testimony of the Alaskan fisherman I would use the discovery method of deposition. A deposition is a formal questioning of a witness outside of court that is transcribed by a court reporter and can be referenced during trial. To get the supplier to admit before trial, that…

A volcano is a special type of mountain. The mountain opens at the top. Beneath it is a pool of melted rock, or magma, below the surface of the Earth. When certain kinds of changes happen, volcanoes can erupt. This means that the gases and melted rock below shoot up through the opening and spill over as lava. Eruptions can lead to lava flows, falling ash, mudslides, and much more. How do volcanoes form? Volcanoes form when magma deep within the Earth makes its way to the surface. When the…

The recent increase in injection induced seismicity is caused by a corresponding increase in wastewater disposal in the central United States. The earthquake rate increase in Oklahoma, where the vast majority of the increase has occurred (585 of 688 M ≥3 earthquakes in the central United States in 2014), corresponds to a doubling of the wastewater disposal rate in the state from 1999 to 2013 (Shultz 2014). Near the town of Prague, Oklahoma, the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Oklahoma…

They both relate because they both occur when tectonic plates move. When a volcano is in their active stage of life it will experience seismic anomalies being caused by the movement of magma within the chamber, then when the rocks are really hot and earthquake will arise. Earthquakes and Volcanoes occur when tectonic plates are moving. Tectonic plates are pieces of the earths crust and upper mantle. Earthquakes are cause when the rock underneath us suddenly breaks along a fault. The release of…

Archeologists have made several advances in the technology that they use to find buried treasure, weather information, lost cities. In the past archeologists have used simple ways to find items of interest. People would use traditional foot surveys to find the treasure or other artifacts, this process takes a long time to complete. New technology like LIDAR, Dropsonde Hurricane Sensors, and The Mailbox have been used to make the process of finding the articacts and the information faster and…

P1: Natural disasters have occured since the creation of the Earth and its enviornment. Sometimes they happen because it is earth’s way of releasing the stress and pressure that has been exerted onto it wether it was caused by humans or itself. Either way, these disasters can produce a multitude of negative effects towards the natural resources and life on Earth. P2: Sierra Leone is a particularly small nation located on the west section of Africa. This nation maybe small, but it contains about…

latitude is 138.7278°. It is over 3.7 kilometers tall, making it the highest volcano in Japan. The last confirmed eruption of Mount Fuji, was on the 15th of December 1707. It is still an active volcano. In 2014 there was speculation that it would erupt because of the pressure from the 2011 earthquake which reached 9.0 on the Richter scale. Mount Fuji was not the first volcano to stand where it currently is, the first volcano, mount Komitake, originally became active around about 700,000 years…