Basaltic composition magmas
are the most common effusive eruptions because they are not water saturated and have low viscosity.
What type of volcano has low viscosity?
Shield volcanoes
Where a volcano produces low viscosity, runny lava, it spreads far from the source and forms a volcano with gentle slopes: a shield volcano. Most shield volcanoes are formed from fluid, basaltic lava flows. Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa are shield volcanoes.
Do effusive eruptions have low viscosity?
Effusive eruptions
If a magma has low viscosity (it is runny),
gas can escape easily
, so when the magma erupts at the surface it forms lava flows. These eruptions are (relatively!) gentle, effusive eruptions.
What are the types of effusive eruption?
Volcanic eruptions may fall into six major types:
Icelandic, Hawaiian, Strombolian, Vulcanian, Pelean, and Plinian
.
What is the 22 active volcanoes in the Philippines?
| Item No. Name of Volcano Province | 19 Musuan (Calayo) Bukidnon in Mindanao | 20 Parker South Cotobato/General Santos/ North Cotabato/Sarangani Provinces in Mindanao | 21 Pinatubo Boundaries of Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales in Luzon | 22 Ragang Lanao del Sur and Cotobato in Mindanao |
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What is the most destructive volcano?
| Eruption Year Casualties | Mount St. Helens , Washington 1980 57 3 | Kilauea, Hawaii 1924 1 1 | Lassen Peak, California 1915 0 4 | Mount Vesuvius, Italy 79 A.D. 3,360 2 |
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What are signs that Yellowstone will erupt?
“The first sign of a Yellowstone eruption would probably be
the ground rising
. “Just before Mount St Helens erupted, the mountain bulged, growing five feet per day, a similar kind of uplift would be likely at Yellowstone. “As magma deep below the surface of the Earth rises, it splits the rocks above.”
What would a non explosive eruption look like?
Non-explosive type eruptions mostly produce various types of lava, such as a'a,
pāhoehoe and pillow lavas
. Some signs that a volcano may soon erupt include earthquakes, surface bulging, gases emitted as well as other changes that can be monitored by scientists.
What happens during an effusive eruption?
Effusive eruptions occur when hot,
(1200
o
C) runny basalt magmas reach the surface
. Dissolved gases escape easily as the magma erupts, forming lava that flows downhill quite easily. Effusive eruptions build up gently-sloping Shield Volcanoes like Hawaii.
What's a strombolian eruption?
Strombolian eruptions consist
of ejection of incandescent cinders, lapilli, and lava bombs
, to altitudes of tens to a few hundreds of metres. The eruptions are small to medium in volume, with sporadic violence. This type of eruption is named for the Italian volcano Stromboli.
What is silent eruption?
Technically speaking, “quiet” eruptions are known as
effusive eruptions
. These relatively tame eruptions are characterized by an outpouring of thin, liquid-like lava, as seen with many Hawaiian volcanoes.
What is quiet eruption?
Quiet Eruptions
Volcanoes that
have very hot, low-silica magma generally erupt quietly
. In a quiet eruption, lava erupts in a stream of low-viscosity lava, called a lava flow. Lava flows from a quiet eruption can travel for great distances.
What are the 5 most active volcanoes in the Philippines?
The majority of the active volcanoes are located in the island of Luzon. The six most active volcanoes are
Mayon, Hibok-Hibok, Pinatubo, Taal, Kanlaon and Bulusan
.
What are the top 10 most active volcanoes in the Philippines?
- Mayon in Albay is the most active volcano in the Philippines.
- Taal in Batangas.
- Kanlaon in Negros island.
- Bulusan in Sorsogon.
- Smith in Calayan.
- Hibok‐Hibok in Camiguin.
- Pinatubo in Zambales.
- Musuan in Bukidnon.
What is the smallest and most active volcano in the Philippines?
The Taal volcano
is located on a small island about 65 miles south of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. While the Taal volcano it is one of the world's smallest volcanoes, it is the Philippines' second most active volcano. It has recorded at least 34 eruptions in the past 450 years.
What is the most powerful volcano on Earth?
The explosion of
Mount Tambora
is the largest ever recorded by humans, ranking a 7 (or “super-colossal”) on the Volcanic Explosivity Index, the second-highest rating in the index.
