Tectonic Theater Project

which gas,hot magma and ash can escape.The word volcano comes from the Roman name Vulcan the Roman god of fire. Volcanoes are often found meeting points of what are called tectonic plates.350 million,or one in 20 people in the world live within danger range of an active volcano.Volcanoes aren’t only found on the boundaries of tectonic plates though,they can also occur over mantle plumes super hot areas of rock inside the…

Volcanoes can destroy the land all around them. There are volcanoes all around the world, some may be dormant then may become active. There are some volcanoes that destroyed all of the living things around them, such as, Vesuvius, and Mt. St Helens. Some volcanoes are very different from the others. There could be different ways a volcano could erupt. Vesuvius and Mt. St Helens both destroyed a great amount of land around them. Furthermore, the two volcanoes caused Earth quakes. In addition,…

This report is about Mount Etna. Mount Etna is a volcano found in Italy. “Mount Etna is the largest active volcano in Europe and one of the world's most frequently erupting volcanoes.” (Mount Etna: Facts) Mount Etna’s earliest known eruption was in 6190 BCE. The second known eruption was in 5150 BCE. These eruptions are known because of radiocarbon found in the area. The date of when this volcano was formed is not certain like most volcanos this one was formed on plate boundaries. Mount Etna is…

present positions. Although others brought fourth evidence, plate tectonics processes and continental drift was not of interest until the late 1950s, when scientists discovered the alignment of magnetic particles and traced them to the earth's magnetic field of that time. According to studies of paleomagnestism, once the paleomagnetic polar changes were plotted, it brought up conspiracy that all continents had shifted…

Studies of past subduction earthquakes are inexact things, based on finding their geologic signs: sudden changes of elevation that drown coastal forests, disturbances in ancient tree rings, buried beds of beach sand washed far inland and so on. Twenty-five years of research has determined that Big Ones affect Cascadia, or large parts of it, every few centuries. Times between events range from 200 to about 1000 years, and the average is around 500 years. The most recent Big One is rather well…

The map is almost uncannily similar to today's: a spray of black dots showing the recorded sightings of a foul grey haze spreading across Europe, from Helsinki to Naples, from Heligoland to Mallorca, and reaching eventually to Aleppo and Damascus – and all of it caused by clouds of ash from an immense volcano erupting far across the sea in Iceland. But this was a map made from data collected in 1783. The volcano was called Laki, it erupted for eight dismal months without cease, ruined crops,…

The Earth's crust is constantly moving in all directions. The movement of the crust is called plate tectonics. Plate tectonics hasn't been developed very long, only about fifty years. It was founded by geophysicists in the 1960's. The continents fit together in one humongous piece. Which makes it one enormous continent. Wegener found out that there were numerous continents that looked comparable. He thought once in the past that parts of Africa and South America might have been…

During the later stages of ore formation, Mn filled veins and veinlets of fractures and joints of the host rocks. The mineralized horizons (laminate and bands) are locally boudinaged and cut by the veins and veinlets, indicating that the role of tectonic activities and fault rupturing during the late stage of Mn mineralization in the area. However, emplacement of Eocene-Oligocene intrusions have also affected the ore bodies in the Venarch mine deposit and produced different alteration minerals…

In 1912, German meteorologist Alfred Wegener proposed the theory that all the continents were once all one continent and then later drifted apart and separated leading to the seven continents we have today. He thought that 200 million years ago there was one large continent that he called Pangea, which means “All-Earth.” During the Jurassic period the continents were believed to break up into two smaller continents which were called Gondwanaland and Laurasia. The continents were breaking into…

The concluding part of the Cleveland Way leaves the hustle and bustle of Scarborough behind and returns us to the more enjoyable cliff paths. The coastal scenery is stunning, and with just over 500 feet (152m) of ascent remaining we can appreciate the closing miles and reflect on some of the more memorable experiences of our journey. Resuming from the harbour, we continue along the seafront around the South Bay to the Spa Complex. In 1626 Elizabeth Farrer, the wife of one of Scarborough’s…