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Why was the steam from mount st helens coming from cracks in the side instead of the top of the volcano?
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∙ 10y ago
Mt. St. Helens has many geothermal features both in the summit crater and surrounding landscape. Large volcanoes like Mt. St. Helens not only display these features within their active craters but often times on the sides of the mountains and all the way down to their base.
The steam vents are part of heated snow melt as well as other ground water that have gotten into fissures within the mountain and have been heated by the magma under the surface. Although these features are signs of active volcanoes there are volcanoes that are not considered active that also show these same features due to the very long time that it takes for a volcanoes magma chamber to completely cool and crystallize after active magma supply has ceased.
There are articles on the Cascades Volcano Observatory that explain this venting process in greater detail.
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Is a any volcano bigger than mt st Helens?
NO no volcano is bigger than Mt st Helens
What kind of volcano is Mount St. Helens in Washington?
Mount St. Helens, an active stratovolcano, is of the composite type.
Is st Helens a active volcano?
Mount st. Helens is an active volcano cause it lost erupted in 2005 Decmber 17
Is mt st Helens a violent or nonviolent volcano?
Mount St Helens is violent.
What is one volcano that has erupted?
Mt. Helens
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It is a Volcano ! ! ! !
Is mount saint helens a composite volcano?
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Is Mt Saint Helens a volcano?
yes, Mt Saint Helens is a volcano. located in Skamania County, Washington
Is a any volcano bigger than mt st Helens?
NO no volcano is bigger than Mt st Helens
Is mtsaint Helens active?
some people say mnt.st helens is dormant but the only dormant volcano is paricutin a volcano in Mexico but mnt.st helens is the most active volcano in the paciffic north west
What kind of volcano is Mount St. Helens in Washington?
Mount St. Helens, an active stratovolcano, is of the composite type.
What is mt siant helens'?
volcano
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its a volcano
What Volcano in the northwestern US?
Mt. St. Helens Mt. St. Helens
Is st Helens a active volcano?
Mount st. Helens is an active volcano cause it lost erupted in 2005 Decmber 17
Is Mount St Helens an active volcano?
Yes it is an active volcano.
Is mt st Helens a violent or nonviolent volcano?
Mount St Helens is violent.
