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A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile and periodic explosive eruptions and effusive eruptions, although some have collapsed craters called calderas. The lava flowing from stratovolcanoes typically cools and hardens before spreading far due to high viscosity. The magma forming this lava is often felsic, having high-to-intermediate levels of silica (as in rhyolite, dacite, or andesite), with lesser amounts of less-viscous mafic magma. Extensive felsic lava flows are uncommon, but have travelled as far as 15 km (9.3 mi).
Stratovolcanoes are sometimes called "composite volcanoes" because of their composite layered structure built up from sequential outpourings of eruptive materials. They are among the most common types of volcanoes, in contrast to the less common shield volcanoes. Two famous stratovolcanoes are Krakatoa, best known for its catastrophic eruption in 1883 and Vesuvius, famous for its destruction of the towns Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 CE. Both eruptions claimed thousands of lives. In modern times, Mount Saint Helens and Mount Pinatubo have erupted catastrophically.
We made a Shield Volcano, a Cinder Cone Volcano and a Stratovolcano (Composite Volcano). We used baking soda and vinegar in the shield volcano, ammonium nitrate and zinc dust in the cinder cone volcano and ammonium dichromate in the stratovolcano. The eruptions were great! These are the products that we used for the cinder cone volcano: http://www.hometrainingtools.com/zinc-oxide-powder-30-g/p/CH-ZNOXIDE/ and http://www.hometrainingtools.com/ammonium-nitrate-30-g/p/UN1942/ These are the products we used for the stratovolcano: http://www.hometrainingtools.com/ammonium-dichromate-30-g/p/UN1439/
The Motomombo stratovolcano began spouting ash and lava, Wednesday, after a series of eruptions began the day before. It is the volcano's first eruption in 110 years and it sent plumes of steam and ash up to 1 km (3,281 feet) into the air. Video ID: 20151202-061 Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/Ruptly Vine: https://vine.co/Ruptly Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/Ruptly YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/RuptlyTV DailyMotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/ruptly
This video is based on our day-trip from Seattle to Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano - a part of the Cascade range of mountains.
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S/V Ohana Kai takes an up close look at Anak Krakatau and she delivers quite an eruption!!! 10/23/07 This was a day after the first eruptions and we were on our way out of the Caldera. We thought we would go a little closer to get some video in better light and no rain or lighting as there was the first morning. Just as we got within a mile or so she let lose with an eruption that shook the boat and you felt in your chest...Unfortunately our videoing ability is not so great and on a moving boat only makes it worse. It was quite amazing. Hope you all ejoy and check out our Web page of our family's Circumnavigation at Ohanakai.net... We are currently in Thailand gearing up for the Red Sea.. Cheers
Mount Gunung Sinabung game:http://www.purposegames.com/game/cross-section-of-eruption-of-strato-volcano-game music: https://soundcloud.com/wouter-bruys Mount Sinabung (Indonesian: Gunung Sinabung) is a Pleistocene-to-Holocene stratovolcano of andesite and dacite in the Karo plateau of Karo Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 25 miles from Lake Toba supervolcano, located at the coordinates 3°10'14.24"N 98°23'30.42"E (those listed to the right are incorrect, and instead link to the center of Gunung Leuser National Park). Many old lava flows are on its flanks and the last known eruption, before recent times, occurred in the year 1600. Solfataric activities (cracks where steam, gas, and lava are emitted) were last observed at the summit in 1912, other documented events include an eruption in t...
6 types of volcanoes, fissure volcano, shield volcano, volcanic dome, cinder cone volcano, stratovolcano, caldera volcano game: http://www.purposegames.com/game/types-of-volcano-game Convergent plate boundaries Main article: Convergent boundary Subduction zones are places where two plates, usually an oceanic plate and a continental plate, collide. In this case, the oceanic plate subducts, or submerges under the continental plate forming a deep ocean trench just offshore. In a process called flux melting, water released from the subducting plate lowers the melting temperature of the overlying mantle wedge, creating magma. This magma tends to be very viscous due to its high silica content, so often does not reach the surface and cools at depth. When it does reach the surface, a volcano is fo...
Animation results from a collaboration between U.S. Geological Survey's Volcano Disaster Assistance Program and IRIS. Earthquakes near and beneath volcanoes alert scientists that magma and volcanic gases may be on the move. This animation represents generalized patterns of seismic and geological activity at some, but not all, long dormant stratovolcanoes worldwide during the months to hours leading up to an eruption. Animation & graphics by Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated Narrated by Wendy Bohon, Informal Education Specialist, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology. Reviewed by: Wendy McCausland, USGS—Volcano Disaster Assistance Program John Pallister, USGS—Volcano Disaster Assistance Program Jake Lowenstern, USGS Volcano Hazards Program Graphic of volcano i...