Titanium was discovered in 1791 by William Gregor as a inclusion of a mineral in cornwall, it was named for the titans of greek mythology. The name is derived from the titans, the sons of earth goddess of greek mythology. Titanium has 22 protons, 26 neutrons, and 22 electrons. The atomic number of this element is 47,867. Titanium is a lustrous transition metal. William Gregor was a man who was interested in minerals. He recognized the presence of a new element. The boiling point for this element…
The Mount Pinatubo Eruption in 1991 is largely regarded as the second largest volcanic eruption during the 20th century. Before erupting in 1991, the volcano had been dormant for around 400 years. During the years of 1990 and 1991, there were many events that led to the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck 100 kilometres north east of the mountain on July 16, 1990. This event is contributed to the reawakening of the dormant volcano which triggered many small…
Lahar is an Indonesian word with its English alternative or equivalent being Lava. That said, it suffices to say Lahar is a volcanic mudflow. That being the case, for a flow to occur, there has to be a slope or a driving force, otherwise it will be stagnant. Because a slope is involved you would expect lahars to be ubiquitous in mountainous terrain. The best case scenario to depict how a Lahar looks like is to picture a mixture of concrete and water moving down a slope at a great speed…
The Most Destructive Volcano In History! According to livescience.com one of the most destructive volcanoes on the planet is the one and only Mount Saint Helens. Mount Saint Helens is located on the border of Washington and Oregon. There are many features this volcano has and why it is one of the most dangerous volcanoes on the planet. Mount Saint Helens is a stratovolcano that blew off its cone and now looks a lot like a cinder cone volcano but is not a cinder cone volcano. What are…
Kyushu Figure 1.1: Map Japan Kyushu is the third biggest island located in the south of Japan. Kyushu has a subtropical climate and offers active volcano peaks, natural beauty and near-tropical coastlines (Lonely Planet, 2015). Mount Aso is the largest active volcano, which is situated in the Aso region in Kumamoto Prefecture (Organization, 2015). This is an opportunity to attract tourism to Kyushu. Infrastructure Fukuoka is the…
Dear Dr. Anthony Davis, The entire Eighth grade,including the teachers, has been thinking about going on a field trip to a very amazing and educational place. We have been thinking about going on a field trip to the Lava Beds National Monument, but to do this we would need your approval which I hope we will receive after I give you the in depth details of the educational values we would indulge in on this trip. On this field trip we would learn about the history of the formation of the lava…
Web Project 2 http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs060-00/ The most recent significant eruption of Mount Hood happened in the 1790’s shortly before Lewis & Clark passed through the area. There was less significant explosive activity around the middle of the 17ths century. After this time the volcano has been quiet and inactive. There will come a time when Mount Hood will erupt again. How will those eruptions impact us and what might they look like? Through study of Mount Hood’s past volcanic behavior…
All volcanoes are amazing to see in action. Cinder Cone Volcanoes, Stratovolcanoes, and Shield Volcanoes are different types of volcanoes with their similarities and differences. All volcanoes are magnificent features of Earth’s crust. One type of volcano is a cinder cone. “A cinder cone volcano doesn’t have any horizontal layers of solid lava flows mixed with layers of other rock,”stated on zmescience.com. Cinder cone volcanoes are sloped like a mountain, although they have a large number of…
Southern Europe includes countries of the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal), the Italian peninsula, southern France, and Greece. Also, includes the Balkan countries of Southeast Europe. It is a mountainous area and a Mediterranean Vegetation region that has mild climate. Alpine Orogeny is a phase formed fifty million years ago when the Eurasian continent plate and African continent plate collide together. The Alpine Orogeny produced intense metamorphism of rocks, crumpling of rock strata,…
Geo-Process’s Results Billions of years ago, the earth was not made up of seven continents, as it is today. It was one big landmass called Pangea. Meaning all land. Pangea went under a process called continental drift, founder by Alfred Wegener, which is caused by geo-process. Geo-process results in changes to the earth's surface because of tectonic plates causing mountain building, earthquakes, and volcanos. First off, convergent plates cause many different types of mountains, like the…