Volcanology

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,…

Earthquakes and volcanoes go hand in hand like peanut butter and jelly or rice and beans. Where there are volcanos there are usually tectonic plates beneath them either pushing against or pulling away from one another. Take for instance the Cascade Mountain Range in Northern California and stretches through Oregon and into Vancouver, British Columbia and sits northeast of the San Andreas Fault line that runs 750 miles through California. This fault creates the tectonic boundary between the…

Volcanoes have been around for centuries but, some are active, some are not. Some volcanoes erupt frequently, while others do not. “At least 20 volcanoes will probably be erupting as you read these words” (Siebert 58). We have all heard of volcanoes before but do you really know about them? A preferred title for “active volcanoes” is a “Holocene volcano” or “historically active.” There are even Holocene volcanoes on the sea floor, and some Holocene volcanoes go way back such as Italy’s…

Thesis: Many geologists find the main categories of volcanoes including cinder cones, composite, shield, and lava domes are essential aspects of understanding the structure of volcanoes. Topic #1: The Explanation of Volcanoes 1. “A volcano is a rupture in the Earth’s crust which allows magma/ash/gases to escape from beneath the surface. When magma reaches the surface of the Earth, it is called lava” (). 2. Volcanoes happen around the frame of tectonic plates, causing the plates to move away…

Cretaceous to Eocene strata, Trans-Pecos igneous province, West Texas, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 181, pg. 155-172. (Befus, 2009) Urbancyzk, K., White, J., 2001, Origin of a silica-oversaturated quartz trachyte-rhyolite suite through combined crustal melting, magma mixing, and fractional crystallization: the Levya Canyon volcano, Trans-Pecos Magmatic Province, Texas Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 111, 155-182. (Urbancyzk, 2001) Davidson, M., 2014,…

Have you ever dreamed of living in one of the most visited Island in the world, Hawaii? It is one of the most visited islands in the world because it has gorgeous crystal clear beaches and coasts in the world. Not to mention, Hawaii has active volcanoes in which people enjoy because it is one of the few places that people get to see an active volcano up close. However, having a few active volcanoes in Hawaii can be a threat to the island and to the people. It is important to discuss why do…

I eagerly await helping students to develop a drive for personal academic excellence and a rich perspective on the world around them as they explore links between the individual, society, and the natural world. The potential of secondary geography is both to stimulate an interest in the wider world in pupils through learning knowledge, in and beyond the classroom, and acquiring geographical and transferable skills for a lifetime while richly rewarding teachers. My subject knowledge provides a…

map is constant to make a grouping for sections on the plate boundary. Based on this method, we discovered four different type of formations from our legend. Our first type is seismology; which appears further from the plate. The second type, is volcanology, which presented as clusters. The third type; geography, starts deep below sea level then gradually rises. The last type is Geochronology, found on the Nazca plate; the closer you get to the land, the older the rock formation. Since the Nazca…

I have been interested in geological sciences since I was a child. Growing up on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, my mother was a member of a heritage and nature group called The Natural Trust Foundation and as a result she would take me along to the different programs and excursions. One moment in particular that stands out to me was a visit to the volcano in Soufriere, located in the southwest part of the island. Just to mention that St. Lucia has the world’s only “drive-in” volcano. Our…