GEO 110 Lecture 2: GEO110_Part_2 Notes
5 Aug 2016
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Movie: nova in the path of a killer volcano -youtube. Alert level 4 means volcanoes can occur within 24 hours. Volcanoes erupts in early june in japan. June 12 the first, small volcano erupts (clearing its throat) Four levels of alert for volcanic eruption (he asked questions: 24-hour alert or 48 hours, eruption can occur within 2/3 weeks, activities detected, eruptions not eminent, level 2 activity intensified. Forecasters predicted that volcano wouldn"t erupt but erupted and it was in nevado ruiz (colombia) city of armero. The first person to report the volcano eruption was a nun. Massive eruption occurred june 15: effect of the volcanoes: More than 50% farm animals were killed. 15-mile radius had to be evacuated landscape was changing to monochromatic landscape and 4 meter of ash. Volcanoes are openings or vents, with or without a conical hill or mountain near them. Volcanoes occur in the pacific ocean in what is called the ring of fire .
