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How does the temperature of lava affect how far the lava will flow?
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The hotter it is, the longer it takes to cool off, and the further it can flow.
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A sentence for lava?
Let's try to stay far away from that hot lava. The lava is flowing very quickly.
Why are more people killed by earthquakes than volcanic eruption?
A number of reasons. There are far fewer major volcanic eruptions than there are earthquakes. Earthquakes have no warning. Most volcanos give warning signs before a major eruption. Earthquakes affect far larger areas, and those areas are more likely to have people living in them. Unless you are near a volcano, *and* in the path of a pyroclastic flow, a blast, or are two stupid to get out of the way of a lava flow, they are unlikely to kill you.
What are the differences between a lava plateau and a dome mountain?
In dome mountains, uplift pushes a large body of hardened magma toward the surface. The hardened magma forces the layers of rock to bend upward in a dome shape. In a lava plateau, lava can flow out of two long cracks in an area. The thin, runny lava floods the area and travels far before cooling and solidifying.
How does acid rain affect granite?
it doesn't affect it as far as i know
How far below the Earth's surface is magma found?
Pillow lava is the lava structure typically formed when lava emerges from an underwater volcanic vent or subglacial volcano or a lava flow enters the ocean. However, pillow lava can also form when lava is erupted beneath thick glacial ice. The viscous lava gains a solid crust on contact with the water, and this crust cracks and oozes additional large blobs or "pillows" as more lava emerges from the advancing flow. Since water covers the majority of Earth's surface and most volcanoes are situated near or under bodies of water, pillow lava is very common.
What are the similarities in a lava flow and a pyroclastic flow?
A lava flow is simply a flow of liquid rock down a slope that usually results from an effusive eruption. A pyroclastic flow is an avalanche-like flow of hot ash, rock and gas that moves down a volcano during an explosive eruption, The move much faster than lava flows and are far more dangerous.
Do rivers ever flow underground?
Lava, groundwater, sometimes minerals that have been melted and which flow into crevices. Depends on where and how far underground.
Which cave is guan's head in Mt lava-flow?
it is in the far right cave it takes five times to find it
Why do scientists need to know the different types of lava flow?
The type of lava flow lets you know the different type of volcano. Not all volcanoes are "explosive". Basalt volcano you can practically stand and watch as it explodes. Where as an andesite volcano you want to be far away. Also the different lava flow lets you know where the melting is occurring. If the flow is high in granitic composition it means the continental crust has melted. If the flow is high in basalt it is a oceanic crust melt.
Which is hotter lava from a volcano or steam from a geyser?
Lava is far hotter. Steam from a geyser is close to the boiling point of water, which is 212 degrees Fahrenheit at sea level and lower at higher elevations. Lava is far hotter as the material as the melting points are well above the boiling point of lava. The coolest lava in the world, the unique carbonatite lava that erupts from the volcano Ol Doinyo Legnai in Africa, is at a temperature of about 900 to 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit. The most common type of lava is bsalatic lava, which is 2,000 to 2,200 degrees.
Does the Yellowstone volcano lava go to pennslyvanna?
No. The Yellowstone volcano is 1,500 miles from Pennsylvania. Lava cannot flow that far, and rhyolitic lava such as that produced by the Yellowstone volcano is so viscous that it can can barely flow at all. However, the volcano's eruptions are explosive and produce large amounts of ash. This would be carried by upper level winds and would fall on Pennsylvania.
How is basaltic lava different from granitic lava?
Basaltic lava is far less viscous, has less silica, erupts at a higher temperature and is denser than granitic lava (properly called rhyolitic lava when it is on the surface). Basaltic lava is composed primarily of pyroxenes and calcium rich plagioclase with small amounts of olivine. Rhyolitic lava primarily contains alkali feldspars and quartz.
Why doesnt the type of eruption that produce a lava plateau produce a volcanic mountain instead?
first lava flows out of several long cracks in an area. the thin runny lava travels far before cooling and solidifying. again and again floods of lava flow on top of earlier floods. After millions of years these layers of lava can form high plateaus!
Why doesnt the type of eruption that produces a lava plateau produce a volcanic mountain instead?
first lava flows out of several long cracks in an area. the thin runny lava travels far before cooling and solidifying. again and again floods of lava flow on top of earlier floods. After millions of years these layers of lava can form high plateaus!
How does the temperature of a soccer ball affect how far you can kick it?
Yes it does affect it cold does not go as far as a heated ball
How far can you stand from lava without getting burned?
It depends on the speed of the lava flow. You pretty much know that if its flowing fast, then you have to stay away :)It's all about the consistency of the lava.Hope this helped
What are lava plateau volcanoes?
First, lava flows out of several long cracks in an area. The thin, runny lava travels far before cooling and solidifying. Again and again, floods of lava flow on top of earlier floods. After millions of years, these layers can form high plateaus.
