Slide 1European Volcano Observatory Space Services Downstream GMES Project 13 Partners from 6 EU countries. 14 End-Users from ROI Region of Interest Europe, Africa, Caribbean…
Slide 1 Unit 6-3: Types of Volcanoes Slide 2 What is a volcano? A volcano is a spot in the Earth’s crust where magma can reach the surface. It is named from the Roman…
Slide 1 Natural Hazards Revision Slide 2 Plate tectonics Slide 3 The core extends to about half of the radius of the Earth. It is made mostly from iron and nickel and is…
Slide 1 Styles of Eruptions and Volcanic Hazards Slide 2 Styles of volcanic eruptions Some volcanoes may erupt only once - monogenetic (Diamond Head) Some volcanoes may erupt…
Slide 1 Igneous Rocks http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/coasts/lecture/gg101/index.html Slide 2 What is Igneous Rock? Earth’s crust is 4/5 igneous rock. Every igneous rock begins…
Slide 1 Mountain formation Slide 2 How Are Formed Convergence due to converging plates can be either continental-oceanic convergence, oceanic-oceanic convergence or continental-continental…