March 25, 2014
Scientists have determined the world's natural order for countless years; their research gives awareness of our earth's past to help us for the future.
Ilya Bindeman considers this to be quite true for the Yellowstone National Park supervolcano. He says that it's likely for the volcano to produce an apocalyptic eruption since it has already happened three times over the last the last 2 million years. Bindeman is an associate university professor for geological sciences in Oregon. He has thousands of hours of research put into his near 140 paper reports on Volcanology and Isotope Geochemistry. Volcanology is simply the study of volcanoes, -ology gives the meaning 'to study' when added to the end of a word. Isotope Geochemistry has to do with determining a rock's age by their isotope value, kind of like estimating the age of a tree by its rings in the trunk. Basically, he is well credited to be someone who knows a lot about rocks.
When Bindeman came to the public with his research he wanted to not only let people know they are not in danger but also educate the public. H...
What is a super volcano, what is a volcano? A volcano itself is a hill or mountain with vents to the crusts of the earth that let magma sit under or in the mountain. “A super volcano is any volcano capable of producing a volcanic eruption with an ejecta volume greater than 1,000 km3 (240 cu mi). This is thousands of times larger than normal volcanic eruptions. Super volcanos are on a much bigger scale than other volcanoes. Unlike composite volcanoes, with their steep sides, they are difficult to spot.” (Internet Geography, geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk) An average volcano in the world would just cause local damage, but this super volcano could end life on earth. Not just with the eruption but the ash would cause a volcanic winter blocking the sun to long and then even more the ash would choke everything out and collapse roofs. Yea Rainier would kill thousands of people, but Yellowstone would literally kill billions plus of people. In comparison, Rainier is a little fly and Yellowstone is a Griffin {The big eagle lion bird thing}. Yellowstone has the capability to erupt 1,000 times stronger than Rainier ever could.
MILLER, C. D. POTENTIAL HAZARDS FROM FUTURE ERUPTIONS IN THE VICINITY OF MOUNT SHASTAVOLCANO, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. N.p.: US Government Printing Office, 1980. Print.
Volcanic forecasts are more accurate then earthquake predictions. These predictions are generally forecast in the same way as an earthquake (temperature increases in geothermic waters gaseous concentrations, changes in elevation of land and water etc… Because we generally know where Volcanoes are, we can predict when an eruption may take place.
Volcanoes are one of the most disastrous yet captivating geological land forms on earth. Many volcanic eruptions are catastrophic, but not all volcanic eruptions are as brutal. The two case studies I have chosen to compare and contrast are the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption with the eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano which is still active today.
The west coast of North America has been tectonically and volcanically active for billions of years. The Sierra Nevada Mountains in eastern California were born of volcanoes, and magma has been erupting in the Long Valley to the east of the mountains for over three million years (Bailey, et. al., 1989). However, the climactic eruption of the region occurred relatively recently in the region's geologic history. About 760,000 years ago, a huge explosion of magma warped the Eastern Sierra into the landscape that exists today. The eruption depleted a massive magma chamber below the earth's surface so that the ceiling of the chamber imploded, forming what is now known as the Long Valley caldera. The caldera is at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, about 50 km northwest of the town of Bishop, and 30 km south of Mono Lake (Bailey, 1976).
Yellowstone is a national park covering 3,468 square miles in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana and it is elevated 8,000 feet from the ground on a plateau. But is there still present volcanic hazard in Yellowstone? The park is covered with over 10,000 geysers, hot springs, mud pots, and travertine terraces, perhaps caused by a ?hot spot? that it overlies. A violent history suggests equally as devastating future volcanic activity, underground forces are causing the landscape to change and geysers to become more active. The real question is, if a super volcanic explosion took place, would human life exist as we know it ever again?
One of the largest and youngest volcanoes and considered a super volcano in the United States is known as the Valles Caldera. The location of the volcano is in the Jemez Mountains by Santa Fe New Mexico. New research from the scientists in the Valles Caldera concerning ejected microscopic textured rock and hot magma beneath the caldera can cause an eruption which will cover Las Alamos, and many small towns in the area. The ejected textured rock from the eruption 60,000 years ago, illustrates that the Valles Caldera is in a new stage of volcanic activity. The hot magma beneath the crust may indicate an eruption tomorrow or near future. If the volcano does erupt it will cover Las Alamos and the many small towns in the area; therefore, a monitoring program is to keep a watch on the volcanic activity is recommended.
A big question in today's world is to or not to live by it will Volcano. Volcano's are very dangerous it can cause lots of damage not only in things that humans too. Irruptions can be unexpected and destroy a whole city! I think people shouldn't live by a volcano because it's very dangerous and if it's in the ring of fire.
A super volcano is different to a normal volcano. The physicality maybe similar, but instead of one blast, they are a series of separate eruptions which then converge into one mega eruption. Each is a result of rising and growing chamber of hot molten rock known as magma. The problem is volcanoes are split into three categories: active, dormant and extinct. For scientists, active volcanoes are less of a threat as scientists know when they will erupt. With dormant however, they are scientist’s worst fear as they can come back to life and erupt. Volcanologists at Yellowstone however fear its magma chamber as it is big enough to swallow Tokyo and believe it harbours at least one last punch. According to Professor Robert B Smith who wrote the book Windows into the Earth, Yellowstone could release two million tonnes of sulphuric acid: creating a nuclear winter, blocking out sunlight and causing worldwide famines. He states that the "devastation would be complete and incomprehensible.” with violent earthquakes, before the huge blast would wipe Yellowstone off the face of the Earth. Scientists estimate that 87,000 people would die instan...
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