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Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics…. …what’s the connection?. Pacific Ring of Fire. Volcanism is mostly focused at plate margins. Volcanoes. How do volcanoes relate to plate tectonics? Why are some volcanoes more dangerous than others?. Where do Volcanoes Occur in California?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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…what’s the connection?
Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics…
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Volcanism is mostly focused at plate margins
Pacific Ring of Fire
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Volcanoes• How do volcanoes
relate to plate tectonics?
• Why are some volcanoes more dangerous than others?
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Where do Volcanoes Occur
in California?
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Volcanoes and the Earth System
• How do volcanoes affect Earth’s spheres?• Origin of atmosphere and oceans via outgassing• Mass extinctions
• K-T boundary – 65 million years ago – demise of the dinos• Volcanism and/or asteroid?
• How do volcanoes affect climate?• Gases and particles
• Tambora 1815 – followed by “year without a summer”• Pinatubo, 1991: sulfuric acid formed aerosols; cooled
temperatures in some areas by as much 0.5 degrees C
• Volcanoes emit CO2
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“The Scream”
Edvard Munch
Painted in 1893 based on Munch’s memory
of the brilliant sunsets
following the 1883 Krakatau eruption.
Alan Robock, Rutgers University
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Types of Volcanoes?
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Size Comparison
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Tectonic Settings
• Convergent boundaries– Subduction zones
• Divergent boundaries
• Intraplate (hot spots)
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Hot Spot Volcanoes
Source: VolcanoWorld
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What controls the violence of an eruption?
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Volcanic eruptions
Viscosity of magma – factors• Temperature (hotter magmas are
less viscous) • Composition [Si02 (silica) content]
• High silica – high viscosity (e.g., rhyolitic lava)
• Low silica – more fluid (e.g., basaltic lava)
• Dissolved gases (volatiles) • Mainly water vapor and
carbon dioxide • Gases expand near the
surface More silica = more linkage = more viscous
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Magma compositions affect properties
Source: USGS
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Explosive Eruptions
Mt. Redoubt
• Explosive volcanic eruptions can be catastrophic
• Erupt 10’s-1000’s km3 of magma
• Send ash clouds >25 km into the stratosphere
• Have severe environmental and climatic effects
• Hazardous!!!
Above: Large eruption column and ash cloud from an explosive eruption at Mt Redoubt, Alaska
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• Three products from an explosive eruption– Ash fall– Pyroclastic flow– Pyroclastic surge
Explosive Eruptions
Pyroclastic flows on Montserrat, buried the capital city.
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Direct measurements of pyroclastic flows are extremely dangerous!!
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Effusive Eruptions• Effusive eruptions are
characterized by outpourings of lava on to the ground.
Hawaii
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• Pyroclastic flow
• Lahars/Mud flows
• Pyroclastic fall
• Lava flow
• Noxious Gas
• Earthquakes
Volcanic Hazards
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Pyroclastic Flow
• For example, eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD destroyed the city of Pompeii
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Pompeii (79AD)
• On August 24, 79AD Mount Vesuvius literally blew its top, erupting tonnes of molten ash, pumice and sulfuric gas miles into the atmosphere. Pyroclastic flows flowed over the city of Pompeii and surrounding areas.
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Pompeii (79AD)
• Pyroclastic flows of poisonous gas and hot volcanic debris engulfed the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae suffocating the inhabitants and burying the buildings.
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Pompeii (79AD)
• The cities remained buried and undiscovered for almost 1700 years until excavation began in 1748. These excavations continue today and provide insight into life during the Roman Empire.
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Vesuvius today
• Vesuvius remains a hazardous volcano with heavily populated flanks: – around 1.5 million
people live in the city of Naples alone
– Naples is situated approx. 30 km from Vesuvius
– Pyroclastic flows can flow up to 100 km from source!
Bay of Naples
Vesuvius
Naples
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Pyroclastic Flow - direct impact
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Pyroclastic Flow - burial
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Pyroclastic Flow - burns
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Pyroclastic Flow - lahars• Hot volcanic activity can melt
snow and ice• Melt water picks up rock and
debris• Forms fast flowing, high
energy torrents• Destroys all in its path
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Pyroclastic Fall• Ash load
• Collapses roofs• Brings down power
lines• Kills plants• Contaminates water
supplies• Respiratory hazard for
humans and animals
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Lava Flow
• It is not just explosive volcanic activity that can be hazardous. Effusive (lava) activity is also dangerous.
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Lava Flow - Heimaey, Iceland
• Iceland, January 23,1973.
• Large fissure eruption threatened the town of Vestmannaeyjar.
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Lava Flow - Heimaey, Iceland
• However, the potential damage was reduced by spraying seawater onto the advancing lava flows.
• This caused them to slow and/or stop, or diverted them away from the undamaged part of the town.
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• So….
• How do we minimize the risk of active volcanoes?
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Volcano Monitoring
Volcano Observatories are set up on all active volcanoes that threaten the human population. These are designed to monitor and potentially to predict the eruptive behavior of the volcano in question.
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Volcano Monitoring
• Seismicity
• Deformation
• Gas Output – (on volcano and
remote sensing techniques)
These three things are the
most important precursors to an
eruption.
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Seismic Activity
• Earthquake activity commonly precedes an eruption– Result of magma pushing up towards the surface– Increase volume of material in the volcano shatters the
rock– This causes earthquakes
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Deformation Monitoring• Tilltmeters can tell you when new material enters the magma chamber.
Note the presence of earthquakes in relation to the deformation. Often it is a combination of events that fore-warns of an eruption.
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Gas Monitoring• Commonly gas output from a volcano increases
or changes composition before an eruption.– As magma rises to the surface it releases
(exsolves) much of its gas content.– This can be measured