Mt St Helen's eruption of 1980 was a pyrocastic flow diverse lava, ranging from olivine basalt to andesite and dacite). The magma is believed to come from another area laterally located to the east. Magma and rock under the volcano are cool.
Mount St. Helens mainly produces blocky lava (andesitic) during its eruptions. However, the volcano has also had episodes where it spewed pahoehoe lava due to changes in eruptive style.
As Mount St. Helens is a volcano the slopes would be covered in layers of volcanic dust and lava.
Mount St Helens produces mostly dacite lava, which is relatively high in silica.
Mount St Helens was an active volcano..... put 2 and 2 together. Lava and Humans dont mix very well!
Mount St. Helens is predominantly composed of andesite, which is an intermediate volcanic rock that forms from the partial melting of the Earth's crust. This type of rock gives Mount St. Helens its characteristic gray color and is related to the volcanic activity in the area.
No. Mount St. Helens is a stratovolcano. There is a lava dome in the crater.
Lava can't flow violently. Highly explosive eruptions such as the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens do not produce lava flows: they produce clouds of ash, gas, and pumice. Mount St. Helens has produced "quiet" lava flows at times.
Mount St. Helens mainly produces blocky lava (andesitic) during its eruptions. However, the volcano has also had episodes where it spewed pahoehoe lava due to changes in eruptive style.
As Mount St. Helens is a volcano the slopes would be covered in layers of volcanic dust and lava.
Mount St Helens produces mostly dacite lava, which is relatively high in silica.
alternating layers of lava and tephra
by ash, rock, lava, and gas
Mount St Helens was an active volcano..... put 2 and 2 together. Lava and Humans dont mix very well!
Mount St. Helens is a stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano. This type of volcano is characterized by its steep slopes and explosive eruptions due to a mixture of lava flows and pyroclastic material.
Mount St. Helens is predominantly composed of andesite, which is an intermediate volcanic rock that forms from the partial melting of the Earth's crust. This type of rock gives Mount St. Helens its characteristic gray color and is related to the volcanic activity in the area.
Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is part of the Cascade Range. The mountain is well known for its catastrophic eruption in 1980 which dramatically changed its landscape.
The material produced by the eruptions of Mount St. Helens have varied over time, but the eruptions of recent decades, including the 1980 eruption, have involved dacite magma, whish is of intermediate-felsic composition. The famous 1980 eruption produced ash and pumice rather than lava.