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What two principal factors determine the nature or explosive potential of a volcanic eruption?
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The two principal factors that can determine the nature or explosiveness of a volcanic eruption is Temperature and Composition in terms of its water content, mineralogy and volatility.
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What two important factors determine whether an eruption will be explosive or quiet?
It depends on the pressure, amount of magma, whether it's on a fault line, and how long convection has been going on to determine how the eruption will be.
Is a summit eruption like an explosive eruption?
Not necessarily. A summit eruption may be explosive or effusive. It is considered a summit eruption when material erupts at or near the volcano's peak as opposed to on its flanks.
Was the eruption of Fuego gentle or explosive?
The eruption that occurs at fuego is explosive with lava flows
What does viscosity have to do with eruptions?
The viscosity of magma or lava will determine whether or not the eruption is explosive or quiet. Higher viscosity magma can result in explosive eruptions. Lower viscosity magmas tend to flow more freely.
What is an explosive volcano eruption?
Most explosive volcanoes are stratovolcanoes, also called composite volcanoes.
What two important factors determine whether an eruption will be explosive or quiet?
It depends on the pressure, amount of magma, whether it's on a fault line, and how long convection has been going on to determine how the eruption will be.
What about magma affects how explosive an eruption will be?
The composition of the magma affects how explosive a volcanic eruption will be.
Does mount mayon have quiet eruption or explosive eruption?
its like josephs farts explosive!
Is the 1902 eruption of mt pelee non explosive or explosive?
explosive
Was Diamond Peak an explosive or quiet eruption?
explosive
Is a summit eruption like an explosive eruption?
Not necessarily. A summit eruption may be explosive or effusive. It is considered a summit eruption when material erupts at or near the volcano's peak as opposed to on its flanks.
What type of eruption did Mt erebus have?
It had an eruption like explosive diarrhea.
What makes a quiet eruption different from an explosive eruption?
quiet eruption flows easeir cause it has a low viscosity and lava flows easier but explosive eruption has a high viscosity and lava flows slower
Was the eruption of Fuego gentle or explosive?
The eruption that occurs at fuego is explosive with lava flows
What does viscosity have to do with eruptions?
The viscosity of magma or lava will determine whether or not the eruption is explosive or quiet. Higher viscosity magma can result in explosive eruptions. Lower viscosity magmas tend to flow more freely.
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.
Does Mount Etna have a silent or explosive eruption?
sometimes is quite and sometimes is explosive
