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Why is Japan more likely than Australia to have volcanic eruptions and earthquakes?
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Answer Japan is located along a convergent plate boundary where oceanic crust is subducted under the continental crust. Plate collisions such as this will result in volcanism and earthquakes when the enormous pressures associated with such collisions is released through sudden plate movement. Australia is not located along a plate boundary.
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What countries are most likely to have volcanic eruptions?
The countries in the ring of fire. Google it.
What part of Europe is most likely to suffer from earthquake or volcanic eruptions?
Alpine systems
What types of lava will most likely lead to a volcanic eruption of an effusive nature?
Shield volcanoes have effusive eruptions. Effusive eruptions are a volcanic phenomenon; in some ways the opposite of explosive eruptions. An effusive eruption is characterized by an outpouring of low viscosity lava which has a fairly low volatile content. Usually, shield volcanoes have effusive eruptions.
Why would lichen grow first on a island formed by a volcanic eruption?
linchen would grow first because its a type of organism that is likely to appear in most volcani eruptions
Has St. Louis experienced any volcanism or seismic activity?
St. Louis has likely felt earthquakes from the New Madrid seismic zone, but there is no volcanic activity for hundreds of miles.
What part of the equator is most likely to suffer from the earthquakes or volcanic eruptions?
The ring of fire has the most active volcano's in the world
What is likely to occur as a result of a major earthquake in the US?
Volcanic eruptions
Where in Australia are earthquakes most likely to occur?
Australia
Is a volcanic eruption likely to occur on the east coast of the US?
Is a Volcanio eruption likely to occur on the east coast Of the untial States
What countries are most likely to have volcanic eruptions?
The countries in the ring of fire. Google it.
Do earthquakes cause volcanoes to explode?
In most cases, no. However, there is evidence that, on a few occasions, earthquakes appear to have triggered eruptions, most likely by disturbing the magma chamber beneath the volcano. Earthquakes often precede a volcanic eruption, be these are not the cause of the eruption, but are rather a result of the movement of magma that leads to an eruption.
What type of scientist is most likely to study the cooling of lava after a volcanic eruptions?
geologist
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 part of Europe is most likely to suffer from earthquake or volcanic eruptions?
Alpine systems
What types of lava will most likely lead to a volcanic eruption of an effusive nature?
Shield volcanoes have effusive eruptions. Effusive eruptions are a volcanic phenomenon; in some ways the opposite of explosive eruptions. An effusive eruption is characterized by an outpouring of low viscosity lava which has a fairly low volatile content. Usually, shield volcanoes have effusive eruptions.
A dark small grained volcanic rock commonly seen in oceanic eruptions?
That is most likely to be Basalt, also called bluestone
What would most likely cause geographic isolation?
A widening of a lake for example. It is a physical barrier. Not forest fires or volcanic eruptions.
