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Mt. RedoubtMt. Redoubt
ByNicole Kepron
ByNicole Kepron
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World Map• In Southwestern Alaska
• Latitude: 60.485° N
•Longitude: 152.742° W
•Summit Elevation: 10,197 feet
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Plate BoundariesPlate tectonics cross section
Plate tectonics cross-section showing how Redoubt is located above a subduction zone formed where the Pacific and North American plates collide. The
Pacific Plate is melting to feed Redoubt's eruptions.
• steep-sided stratovolcano
• above the Aleutian subduction zone
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HistoryEruption Cloud
• 1989-1990
• lahars, pyroclastic flows, and eruption columns
• last eruption: 2009
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Future
• could erupt within days or weeks
• seismic activity
• several volcanic earthquakes occurring every hour
• emergency kits ready
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Impact
• earthquakes
• ash fall
• lahars
• evacuations
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Facts• just erupted this year
• born 890,000 years ago
• ice-filled summit crater
• threatens aircrafts and creates ash-related hazards
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Bibliography•http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1103-03-
•http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2009/01/alaskas-mount-r.html
• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28914322/
• http://www.mapme.com/nodes/view/38953-mount-redoubt-volcano
• http://geology.com/usgs/redoubt-volcano-photos/signs-of-activity.shtml
• http://geology.com/volcanoes/redoubt/