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Is mt shasta a explosive or a non-explosive volcano?
Mount Shasta is Explosive.
Is mt st helens non-explosive or explosive?
Mount St. Helens is generally regarded as an explosive volcano, but like most stratovolcanoes, it can produce both explosive and non-explosive eruptions.
Is Mount Rainier an explosive or non explosive volcano why or why not?
It is an explosive volcano. Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano, characterized by layers of ash from explosive eruptions and cooled lava flows from effusive eruptions. The high viscosity and gas content of its magma are the reason for its explosive nature.
Does Mount Fuji have explosive or non explosive eruptions?
Explosive.. Because when it erupted it produced more ash than lava... Even if It was thousands of years ago
Does Mount Etna have a explosive or nonexplosive eruption?
As of 2010, Popocatepetl is erupting. According to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, continuous activity since Jan. 2005 has resulted in phreatic explosions, which occur when molten lava contacts water. In Popocatepetl's case the water inside the crater comes from the heat of the rising magma melting the glaciers on its peak.
Is mt vesuvius a quiet eruption or explosive?
The 1980 eruption was very explosive. Ash was blown 80,000 feet into the air and the mountain is a quarter mile shorter than it was before the eruption.
Is mt shasta a explosive or a non-explosive volcano?
Mount Shasta is Explosive.
Is mt st helens non-explosive or explosive?
Mount St. Helens is generally regarded as an explosive volcano, but like most stratovolcanoes, it can produce both explosive and non-explosive eruptions.
Is Mount Rainier an explosive or non explosive volcano why or why not?
It is an explosive volcano. Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano, characterized by layers of ash from explosive eruptions and cooled lava flows from effusive eruptions. The high viscosity and gas content of its magma are the reason for its explosive nature.
Does Mount Fuji have explosive or non explosive eruptions?
Explosive.. Because when it erupted it produced more ash than lava... Even if It was thousands of years ago
Does Mount Etna have a explosive or nonexplosive eruption?
As of 2010, Popocatepetl is erupting. According to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, continuous activity since Jan. 2005 has resulted in phreatic explosions, which occur when molten lava contacts water. In Popocatepetl's case the water inside the crater comes from the heat of the rising magma melting the glaciers on its peak.
What volcanos have erupted in the last 5 years and when and where?
There have been volcanic eruptions all over the world in the last 5 years. While the majority of them have been non-explosive, there are others that occurred in Indonesia, Africa, and Chile that were much larger.
What is the biggest volacnoe in the world?
The biggest, or largest volcano in the world is Mauna Loaon Hawai'i Big Island.As you do not state, 'active or non active' the largest non active is Mount Mazama Crater, Oregon and the largest active in Mount Etna, Sicily. Followed by Vesuvius and Tambora
Is the 1902 eruption of mt pelee non explosive or explosive?
explosive
How do you tell if a volcano is explosive or non explosive?
When it explodes!
What are the different type of eruptions?
Non-explosive and Explosive
What makes volcanoes non-explosive?
Non-explosive volcanoes will have low concentrations of gas in the magma.
