montserrat volcanic eruption
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Montserrat volcanic eruption. LO: to produce a case study of the causes, effects (long and short term) and responses to the eruption. Location of Montserrat. Use the map provide write a detailed description of the location of Montserrat and the volcano. Overview of the eruption…. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Montserrat volcanic eruption
LO: to produce a case study of the causes, effects (long and short term)
and responses to the eruption
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Location of Montserrat Use the map provide write a detailed description of the
location of Montserrat and the volcano.
LO: To Know the responses to the eruption at Montserrat
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Overview of the eruption….
• The Soufriere Hills volcano began to erupt in 1995 following a long period of inactivity (hadn't erupted for 350 years).
• The eruptions forced the evacuation of the capital Plymouth and the part of the island that was actually the most densely population - and for good reason as it had the best advantages for settlement.
• Pyroclastic flows killed some of the people who returned against advice, and have also created an area of new land as the debris has been deposited off the coast.
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DVD notes
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Cause of the eruption…
• Destructive plate boundary (convergent)• North American Plate is being forced
(subducted) under the Caribbean plate• Convection currents pull the plate into the
mantle causing the rock to melt.• The molten rock is lighter than the
surrounding rock which causes it to rise through the cracks towards the earths surface
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Cause of the eruption
• The volcanic eruption was so deadly because the volcano produced sticky andesitic lava (thick lava).
• The lava is so thick it created a dome on the side of the Chances Peak volcano.
• As the dome collapsed a huge ash cloud was formed.
• Also the dome collapse caused hot rocks, gases and ash- a pyroclastic flow.
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Exam question- January 2011
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Monitoring of the volcano from the MVO
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"Hot, hot, hot" the Soca anthem by Montserratian Arrow, now takes on a new meaning.....
Photograph by Adam Goss http://people.cornell.edu/pages/arg32/watson/montserrat.html and used with permission
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In August of 1997, a series of pyroclastic flows and lahars (mudflows) destroyed the capital city of Plymouth
Photograph by Adam Goss http://people.cornell.edu/pages/arg32/watson/montserrat.html and used with permission
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Photograph from MVO http://www.mvo.ms/ and used with permission
Nearly 8,000 people out of a total population of 12,000 left the island for nearby Antigua, some went to the USA and Britain.
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What is the future for Montserrat?
Photograph by Adam Goss http://people.cornell.edu/pages/arg32/watson/montserrat.html and used with permission
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Photographs from MVO http://www.mvo.ms/ and used with permission
Coral reefs have been damaged and fish stocks affected
Most of the islands small businesses have been forced to close
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Today, Montserratians are rebuilding their country with help from the British Government. Slowly, people are moving out of the shelters or back from abroad to resettle in developments constructed in the North.
Photograph by Adam Goss http://people.cornell.edu/pages/arg32/watson/montserrat.html and used with permission
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The north of the island remains untouched by the volcano.
Photograph by Adam Goss http://people.cornell.edu/pages/arg32/watson/montserrat.html and used with permission
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Exam question June 2011
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KEY FACTS
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