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What factors determine whether a volcano has a violent or quiet eruption?
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∙ 11y ago
A volcano erupts when enough pressure builds up inside of it to unplug it's crater. The stronger the plug, the more force is needed to expel it, which results in a more violent eruption. Also, the stickiness of the lava is a factor. The more sticky the lava, the stronger the eruption.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe primary factors that determine whether a volcano erupts violently or quietly include magma composition, magma temperature, and the amount of dissolved gases in the magma.
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∙ 14y agoThe primary factors that determine whether a volcano erupts violently or quietly include magma composition, magma temperature, and the amount of dissolved gases in the magma.
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∙ 11y agothe temperature, composition, and lava flow
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Which factors determine how violent an eruption will be?
· It is determined by the primary factors of the magma's Temperature, its Composition, and the amount of Dissolved Gases it contains.
What factors determine the force of a volcano eruption?
Factors that determine the force of an eruption are magma viscosity and gas content.
What is the example of quiet and violent eruptions of volcano?
An example of a "quiet" eruption would be the 1983-present eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii. A violent eruption would be the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens.
What type of eruptions does Mt Pinatubo have and what causes the eruption to be violent or non-violent?
what causes a eruption to be liolent is the type of lava -felsic lava is non-violent -mafic lava is violent
What are the two factors that affect the explosiveness of a a volcanic eruption?
There are two factors that determine how explosive a volcano is. The two factors are the amount of gas that is present in the lava and how easy or difficult that gas can be released into the atmosphere.
Which factors determine how violent an eruption will be?
· It is determined by the primary factors of the magma's Temperature, its Composition, and the amount of Dissolved Gases it contains.
Which volcao results in a violent eruption?
its the composite cone volcano?
What type of eruption does the redoubt volcano produce?
very violent
What factors determine the force of a volcano eruption?
Factors that determine the force of an eruption are magma viscosity and gas content.
What is the example of quiet and violent eruptions of volcano?
An example of a "quiet" eruption would be the 1983-present eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii. A violent eruption would be the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens.
A steep tall volcano that can sometimes rise as high as 10000 feet an eruption from this type of a volcano is violent?
strato volcano
What type of eruptions does Mt Pinatubo have and what causes the eruption to be violent or non-violent?
what causes a eruption to be liolent is the type of lava -felsic lava is non-violent -mafic lava is violent
What are the two factors that affect the explosiveness of a a volcanic eruption?
There are two factors that determine how explosive a volcano is. The two factors are the amount of gas that is present in the lava and how easy or difficult that gas can be released into the atmosphere.
What happens to the shape of the volcanoe as the eruption becomes more violent?
During the more violent eruptions, pieces of the rim of the volcano can break away, changing the shape of the volcano.
What is the most powerful volcano and violent eruption that took place?
The Krakatoa volcano eruption that occurred in 1883 in Sumatra, Indonesia. It was so powerful that it even destroyed the volcano. Today, Krakatoa's son, "Anak Krakatau" that was made of Krakatoa's eruption stands on the remains of the 1883 Krakatoa eruption.
How did meteors from Mars arrive on Earth?
Materials get ejected from the surface of Mars by a violent event such as a volcano eruption.
What type of volcano is made up of only pyroclastic material that results from violent eruption?
Cinder cone
