Soufriere Hills Volcano Eruption Thesis

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Recently the Soufriere Hills Volcano began erupting ash, magma, and hot gasses on the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean. The ash plume is estimated to extend nearly 40,000 feet into the Earth's atmosphere. The volcano had not erupted since 1995, but shifts in the local tectonics have given rise to some serious instability in the region's volcanoes. Many flights and travel plans had to be rescheduled due to the volcanic activity. The area around the volcano has been an exclusion zone since 1995, where people were discouraged from visiting unless they were part of a guided tour or scientific expedition. The volcano's exclusion zone is similar to the one constructed around the vicinity of Pompeii in Italy, and the 1995 eruption was compared to the Italian eruption 200 years ago in that it buried an entire city and killed many people with its pyroclastic flows and associated tremors. The former capital of the island nation, Plymouth, was nearly completely buried by the 1995 eruption, and most of the population fled following the 1995 eruption. The Soufriere Hills Volcano had been dormant throughout recorded history until the 1995 eruption and now has been awakened once again. Since the islands surrounding the volcano are a popular tourist destination, the local economy will likely be impacted just as much as the local travel industry has been.Get full access
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Thesis on Soufriere Hills Volcano Eruption Assignment

The Soufriere Hills Volcano is part of a larger group of stratovolcanoes, which are made up of many layers of ash, lava, and mud flows. These volcanoes are subject to earthquake… [END OF PREVIEW] . . . READ MORE