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    Fig. 1-1a, p. 3

    1) Only one person drives a hybrid electric vehicle...

    The 16 cars above are producing 90-95 tons of atmosphericCO2/ year (average U.S. driving).

    Editable Text

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    Fig. 1-1b, p. 3

    2) Only one person doesn't drive a hybrid electric vehicle...

    The 16 cars above are producing 35-50 tons ofatmospheric CO2/ year (average U.S. driving).Editable Text

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    Fig. 1-2a, p. 4

    A. GLOBAL-SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE CAN IMPACT INDIVIDUAL

    BEHAVIOR...

    LargeHierarchy of Scales

    SmallUnion

    City

    1. GLOBAL

    CLIMATE

    CHANGE

    2. AT THE REGIONAL

    LEVEL

    Onset of persistent

    drought dries outland and annual

    snow pack dwindles.

    3. AT THE LOCAL

    LEVEL

    Diminished water

    supply meanshigher water bills,

    and rationing.

    4. IN YOUR HOME

    You respond by

    purchasing water-

    conservingappliances, putting

    drought-tolerant

    plants in your

    garden, and taking

    shorter, fewer

    showers.Editable Text

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    Fig. 1-2b, p. 4

    B. INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR CAN CHANGE THE GLOBAL-SCALE

    ENVIRONMENT

    Small Hierarchy of

    ScalesLarge

    INTENDED

    (Good)

    2a. Farm yields boosted

    worldwide.

    2b. Cheap manufacture of

    military ordnance enabled

    (World War I, II).

    UNINTENDEDCONSEQUENCES

    (Not so good)

    2c. Waterways and shallow

    seas worldwide suffer oxygen

    depletion, causing dead zones

    1. Fritz Haber fixes nitrogen,

    enabling development of

    artificial fertilizers and other

    commercial nitrates.

    2d. Nitrous oxide global

    air pollution worsens.

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    Table 1-1, p. 5

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    Fig. 1-7, p. 7

    Agricultural pests and diseases reduce human carryingcapacity. Pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other chemical

    applications help boost yields from farmlands, hence expanding

    carrying capacity for people, but often causing serious

    environmental problems.

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    Fig. 1-8, p. 7

    The fastest-growing segment of human population in

    recent decades has been poor and urban. Vulnerability to

    natural disasters and environmental problems is high for

    this part of humanity.

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    Fig. 2b, p. 12

    Figure 2: Deforestation near the city of Manaus in Amazonia,

    Brazils largest state.

    (b) Adjacent rain forests have been removed as the population of the

    area has grown. Manauss population is now more than a million

    people, and the city is rapidly expanding into areas that were once

    sparsely populated.

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    The first 1 billion humans was reached in 1800, the second in 1930, the

    third in 1960, the fourth in 1975, the fifth in 1987, the 6th in 2000, and

    the 9th billion around 2050.

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    ` Can be good

    Recycling

    More efficient cars, appliances, etc.

    ` Can be bad

    Planned obsolescence

    Throw-away society

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    Country Population, Energy consumption,

    in millions in quadrillion BTUs

    ` China 1295 43

    ` India 1050 14` USA 288 97

    ` Energy use is a decent way to measure impact

    www.eia.doe.gov

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    ` Impact helps determine the carrying capacity

    ` Carrying capacity is the largest population an

    existing resource can support forever: FOOD

    (Most important).

    `

    3 scenarios for approaching carrying capacity

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    ` Responsible for environmental damage, societal

    problems and human suffering.

    ` In many countries it is out of control.

    ` China good control

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    ` Increase: Better farming methods

    Less harmful energy alternatives

    ` Decrease: Soil erosion

    Decrease in earth resources (oil, minerals, etc.)

    In wealthy countries, environmental impacts tend tobe out of sight, out of mind, whereas impacts are

    more direct and local in less-developed countries.

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    ` Homeostasis and feedback

    ` Atmosphere, Hydrosphere

    `

    -Makeup of Earths Atmosphere` - Atmospheric Circulation and Climate

    ` -Oceanic circulation and climate

    ` Natural Climate Change

    `

    Human Contribution to Earths Climate` Modern life, building new cities, production of wastes, gases

    etc.

    ` Climate change, irrespective of its cause, holds the fate of

    cities and states in balance.

    ` Today: we explore reasons, see how human race in its ownright has become a factor influencing world climate.

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    A system: set of components (parts)-work together-

    particular function.

    Systems need energy to work ( human body, food;

    Automobile, Fuel) Earth system also needs energy to work: Internal and

    external

    Decay of U, Th, K into lighter atomic

    weight elements + energy (by-product).

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    Manifestations:

    -Volcanoes, hot springs are evidences for internal heat,-Heat converts to mechanical energy Earthquakes, mountain

    building, slow shifting of massive tectonic plates.

    Earths surface is a resolution of two sets of forces, modified by theactivity of life. Rock Cycle and Water Cycle are closed systems

    Energy from sun and internal heat of Earth drive these systems

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    ` External Source of Energy:

    ` SUN: without daily sunshine Frozen planet despite

    heat escape from inside.

    -No liquid water,

    -No rainfall,

    -No biosynthesis

    circle (green plants ,

    produce glucose

    and oxygen).. No

    life.

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    - Interface between external and internal sources is

    the earth surface.

    - Soil essential factor in human carrying capacity.

    Results from conflicting processes internally

    driven and externally driven,

    Wind, rain, ice, snow and chemical corrosion break

    down lands built up by earthquakes, sedimentation

    and volcanoes.

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    ` Ability of system to maintain steady temperature.` When we are ill the human homeostasis system is

    strained

    ` Natural processes on Earth has +ve and ve feedbacks!

    ` +ve feedback: self reinforcing set of reactions, increasing

    the intensity of the condition that set into motion in first

    place.

    ` ve feedbacks: operates in opposite sense, decreasing

    over time the intensity of the condition that originally set

    into motion.

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    ` In a perfectly balanced system, the effects of

    +ve and ve feedbacks cancel out.

    ` Tipping point: when feedback is powerful,

    exceeds opposite action=== runaway feedback=== change of condition to new and different

    stable state.

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    -Energy reach Earths surface from Sun,

    -One third of this energy is reflected back into space (oceans-

    15% reflections, fresh snow & ice reflects 90-100%).

    ` Greenhouse gases: Water CO2, Halocarbons, methane, ozone,

    nitrogen oxides.

    ` Human contribution in greenhouse effect is significant:

    - Fuel consumption (burning-CO2 production)

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    ` Clouds:

    ` Atmosphere warms-more clouds form (increased

    evaporation);

    ` Clouds reflects much of solar radiation into space

    (less heating of atmosphere), but moisture in clouds

    also traps and reradiate some incident sunlight.

    ` Thick, low clouds (rainy) reradiate more energy than

    they absorb cooling surface beneath.

    ` Thin, high clouds absorb more incident sunlight warm the atmosphere.

    ` Both types of clouds exist at any time

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    B. Cirrostratus clouds, found in

    high altitudes (as high as 6 miles),

    tend to warm it.

    A. Nimbostratus clouds,

    responsible for steady rainfall,

    tend to cool the Earths air below.

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    Fig. 11-19, p. 323

    The intensity of the suns heat depends upon the angle at which

    the suns rays hit Earth. The intensity and heating is greatest

    where the rays hit vertically.

    Atmospheric circulation and climate

    Earths surface at equatorial latitude receive much more sunlight than

    polar regions.

    Warm air rises and spreads (Molecules become more widely spaced)

    Cold air sinks. (warm air is less dense than cold air).

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    ` Air masses move and try to equalize atmospheric

    temp.

    ` Latitude difference in temp:

    WIND: Two Directions:Hot air: from equator towards poles.

    Freezing air: opposite direction

    It doesnt quit happened that way?

    Earth and its atmosphere rotate.

    What are the paths taken by winds?

    They curve in much the same way like the ball in the figure!

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    ` Another effect:` Atmospheric circulation is not so simple;

    ` Winds moving towards poles tend to converge (like

    longitudinal lines).

    ` Air mass ascends, fresh air from north and southequator. Air is humid (evaporation). Air rises, Air

    cools, vapor condenses (clouds) = rain fall and so

    on!

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    Fig. 11-24, p. 328

    Atmospheric CO2 and

    temperature changes since 1880.

    (a) Changes in the concentration

    ofCO2 obtained from ice cores

    (smooth curve) and measuredannual oscillations at Mauna Loa,

    Hawaii.

    (b) Average annual global

    surface-air temperature,

    plotted as a deviation

    from the average,

    denoted as zero (0).

    The sawtooth effect results

    from the seasonal changes

    in uptake and release offrom northern forests.

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    Time period CO2 Concentration

    in the atmosphere

    (ppm)

    Mean atmosphere

    Temperature, C.

    Ice age (18,000 y

    ago)

    170 6

    Post ice age,

    preindustrial

    280 14

    Industrial age 387 14.5

    End of 21 century 500-750 17-20.5

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    Paleoecology

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    Fossils

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    ` Elements: substances not changed to

    others by chemical reaction;

    Composed of ATOMS.

    ` Hydrogen atom; Simplest

    ` 1proton (p) and one electron (e)

    Atomic No. of elements = No. of P

    (unique to element)

    Most atom mass in the nucleus

    (P (+ charge) & Neutrons 0 Charge);

    The e (- charge) orbit in shells

    around nucleus.

    # p = # e for electrical balance.

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    ` Ions = atom which lose or gain electrons.

    ` +ve ion = Atom e (sodium Na Na+) Cation

    ` -ve ion = Atom + e (Chlorine Cl Cl-) Anion

    ` Anion combines with cations in orderly fashion halite

    common table salt, necessary for human existence.

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    ` Isotopes are forms of element with different atomic mass

    (a.m.). Uranium isotopes all has 92 atomic # but differ by

    # neutrons.

    ` U 238 = 92 p + 146 n, U 235 = 92 p + 143 n

    Carbon

    isotopes:

    12, 13 and 14

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    ` Naturally occurringinorganic crystalline

    substances with a

    definite set of physical

    properties and a narrow

    range of chemicalcompositions.

    ` Solids with random or non-crystalline

    atomic structures, glass, amorphous.

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    Mineral Group Negatively

    Charged Ion or

    Ion Group

    Examples Composition

    Carbonate (CO3)-2 Calcite

    Dolomite

    CaCO3

    CaMg(CO3)2

    Halide Cl-1, F-1 Halite NaCl

    Hydroxide (OH)-1 Limonite FeO(OH) . H2O

    Native Element - Gold

    Diamond

    Au

    C

    Oxide O-2 Hematite Fe2O3

    Silicate (SiO4)-4 Quartz

    Olivine

    SiO2

    (Mg,Fe)2SiO4

    Sulfate (SO4)-2 Gypsum CaSO4

    . 2H2O

    Sulfide S-2

    Galena PbS

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    ` Hardness:` Talc1; Gypsum 2; Calcite 3; Fluorite 4; Apatite 5; orthoclase 6

    Quartz 7; Topaz 8; Corundum 9 and Diamond 10.

    Cleavage:

    Characteristic Way Mineral split along Definite planes. Mica: perfect cleavage in one direction. Halite NaCl split in 3D.

    Crystal Structure: Cube, Halite; 8-sided octahedron, Diamond.

    Fracture Pattern:

    Luster: Light Reflection

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    ` Rockcrystallized

    from molten or

    partially molten

    material:

    Inside Earth (Plutonic)

    On Surface (Volcanic)

    Composed of silicate mineral SiO2Granite

    Basalt

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    `

    Layered rockresulting from

    consolidation

    (Cementation)

    andlithification

    (Turn into solid

    by pressure

    from DeepBurial of

    sediment.

    ` Chemical

    Sedimentation

    ` May be transported

    and redeposited by

    streams.

    ` Sandstone` Limestone

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    ` Rocks changed frompreexisting rocks byheat, pressure orchemical processes:

    `

    ` New Structures,Textures and Minerals

    ` Marble` Slate

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    ` Flattening andlayering of

    minerals caused

    by non-uniform

    stress

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    ` Closed System,

    ` Interaction of Energy and Earth Materials;

    ` Processes destroy or form or alter rocks.

    ` Igneous Rocks ERODED Sediments (Sedimentary)

    ` Sedimentary: HEAT & PRESSURE Metamorphic

    `

    Metamorphic MELT Igneous

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    Rock Cycle and Water Cycle are closed systems

    Energy from sun and internal heat of Earth drive these

    systems.

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    Light elements are concentrated in the outer planets while the

    inner planets lack them. The earth is differentiated in its

    interior in much the same manner as the solar system, with a

    heavier denser core and less dense exterior.

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    ` Radioactive decayof elements in rocksand minerals allowsthe absolute datingof geologic events,such as volcaniceruptions and

    species extinctions

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    ` sudden release of elastic strain energy

    commonly at a fault. why sudden release is

    necessary.

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    ` Movement on this plate boundary is dominantly left lateral,

    accommodates a movement of (20 mm/y).` EQ results from tectonic process acting along this plate

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    Right-lateral

    strike-slip fault

    geometry

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    At the instant of

    rupture, (c), energy is

    released in the form of

    earthquake waves that

    radiate out in alldirections.

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    Earthquakes are

    generated by

    movements on faultswithin the crust. There

    is a point where Fault

    rupture starts, FOCUS,

    Epicenter, point on

    Earths surface above

    focus.

    Damaging EQ foci are

    generally within a few

    Km of Earths surface.

    Vibrations (seismic waves) propagate out from the focus of the

    earthquake

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    ` Three seismographs

    are necessary to

    locate an earthquake

    epicenter.

    Body waves: P-waves(primary) and S-waves (secondary)travel through theinterior of the earth

    Surface waves travelalong the surface ofthe earth

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    Fig. 4-10b, p. 77

    Community Internet

    Intensity Map (CIIM)

    for the sameearthquake.

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    ` Best known measure of

    EQ strength., 1935:

    ` Scale of the energy

    released by an EQ.

    ` Can be used to compareEQs at different areas.

    ` It is important to relate

    how energy release

    increases by 30 times for

    each numerical incrementof the Richter scale and

    how there is a common

    misconception about the

    difference being a 10 times

    multiple.

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    ` Distinguish between EQ and Nuclear Explosions:

    ` Nuclear produce short-period Seismic waves.

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    Spontaneo s liq efaction affecting soft s bstrate and

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    ` Spontaneous liquefaction affecting soft substrate and

    characterized by the sudden loss of strength of sandy soils and

    quick clays. (Niigata, Japan 1971, Anchorage, Alaska 1964, and

    San Francisco marina district 1989.

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    ` Changes in ground level

    this is due to fault

    displacement. Alaska

    1964 is a good casehistory for this as is the

    Kalapana, Hawaii

    earthquake of 1975.

    Picture of Landers EQ 1992, Colorado

    desert of Southern California was felt

    from Phoenix, Arizona to Reno, Nevada

    Right lateral offset, 4.27 m, created 2 m

    vertical scrap due to lateral offset of

    ridge.

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    ` Landslides triggered by ground shaking A recent

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    ` Landslides triggered by ground shaking. A recent

    case history is the Santa Tecla, El Salvador 2001.

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    ` 1. seismic zoning

    ` 2. geological mapping of faults

    ` 3. proper implementation of building codes

    ` 4. subsurface investigations to identify liquefiable soils or

    layers

    ` 5. automatic gas shutoff valves

    ` 6. regional tsunami early warning systems

    ` 7. public education about what to do before and after a

    quake

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    ` Earthquake forecasting is the approach that is now used.

    This is a probabilistic statement of the percent chance ofan earthquake of a given size occurring on a given fault

    with in a certain span of years. This is similar to a weather

    forecast.

    ` Seismic gaps are quiet areas where large earthquakes may be

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    ` Seismic gaps are quiet areas where large earthquakes may be

    expected because elastic strain energy is building up.

    Geological methods involving trenching provide valuable

    Geological methods involving trenching provide valuable

    information about the seismic history of a fault. Thisinformation about the seismic history of a fault. This

    information helps to determine characteristic earthquakeinformation helps to determine characteristic earthquake

    magnitudes and recurrence intervals.magnitudes and recurrence intervals.

    The Mexico earthquake of

    1985 occurred in such a gap

    and the Pacific northwest

    south of Seattle is also

    considered to be a seismic

    gap.

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    ` Fire

    ` Ruptured gas mains or fallen

    electric lines.` uncontrolled street fires

    ravaged San Francisco in 1906

    to the extent that this disaster

    was initially reported as the

    San Francisco fire.

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    Fig. 4-23, p. 88

    Porites coral heads on the west coast of Simeulue that were uplifted about 90

    centimeters (35 in) by the December 26, 2004, earthquake.

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    Fig. 4-40, p. 99

    Salt Lake City and County Building, Utah.Salt Lake City and County Building, Utah.Constructed in 1890, largely of brick, it isConstructed in 1890, largely of brick, it is

    now seismically retrofitted to meet thenow seismically retrofitted to meet the

    modern building code.modern building code.

    Basement of the Salt Lake City and County Building. The building has

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    Fig. 4-41, p. 99

    been seismically retrofitted

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    How to minimize earthquake damage in

    the home in advance.

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    Fig. 4-42a, p. 100

    The difference in flexibility of long and

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    Fig. 1, p. 103

    In a quake, long columns survive

    because they sway.

    Short columns, unable to bend,

    absorb horizontal energy producedby longer columns and blow out.

    Editable Text

    The difference in flexibility of long and

    short columns results in failure of the

    short ones.

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    Most earthquakes

    occur along plate

    boundaries

    Intraplate

    earthquakes often

    follow ancientplate boundaries

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    Fig. 3b, p. 110

    (b) The ash cloud from Mount Spurrs 1992 eruption traveled across(b) The ash cloud from Mount Spurrs 1992 eruption traveled across

    Canada and the United States on prevailing westerly winds.

    Canada and the United States on prevailing westerly winds.

    ` A vent or series of vents that

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    issue lava or pyroclastic

    material.

    ` Produced by subduction, hotspot, rifting.

    ot all volcanoes are bad.

    ujiyama in apan is eautiful,

    a aii olcanoes are productive

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    Fig. 5-1, p. 112

    Distribution of Earths active volcanoes at plate boundaries and hot spots.

    Ring of Fire around (Pacific Ocean 900 66% of worlds active volcanoes.

    Remaining 450 Mediterranean belt and at mid-ocean-ridge spreading centers

    (divergent boundaries). A few volcanic centers are related to hot spots (Hawaiian and

    Galpagos Islands).

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    The Island of Hawaii. (a) Satellite

    photograph with north at the top.

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    Fig. 5-8, p. 116

    p otog ap t o t at t e top

    Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa are

    clearly visible. (b) The volcanoes that

    form the island have grown over

    700,000 years in this order: Kohala

    (indicated by K), Mauna Kea (MK),

    Hualalai (H), Mauna Loa (ML),

    Kilauea (KI), and Loihi (L;

    submarine). Solid stars denote

    vigorous growth; open stars, waninggrowth; open circles, little activity.

    The island to the northwest is Maui.

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    ` Magma form at depths of 10-250 km (6-150 mile),

    sufficient temperature to melt rocks completely or

    partially.

    ` Mafic Magma: Mid Ocean Ridges volcanoes

    contain Mg and Fe (low density, Mafic with little

    gas in it) do not erupt violently.

    ` Felsic magma: (feldspar and silica 70%) viscous

    The type of volcanic

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    Fig. 5-6, p. 115

    The type of volcanic

    eruption determines

    the shape of the

    structure, or cone,that is built.

    By appearance

    alone, we can get

    idea of a volcanichazard potential.

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    ` Concave-upward

    slopes thousands of

    meters high

    ` High silica

    ` High viscosity

    ` Mt. Vesuvius

    ` Mt. Shasta` Mt. St. Helens

    The relative sizes of four large

    eruptions of the past 2 000 years

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    Fig. 1a, p. 136

    eruptions of the past 2,000 years

    based on estimated volumes of

    ejected tephra.

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    ` Small volcanic cones

    composed almost

    entirely of tephra

    (loose cinders)

    ` Mojave Desert cinder

    cone

    ` Lassen CinderCone

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    ` Groundwater heated

    by subsurface magma

    provides geothermal

    energy for generating

    electricity

    Crater Lake is a caldera, resulting from the explosionCrater Lake is a caldera, resulting from the explosioncollapse of a hugecollapse of a huge

    stratovolcano known as Mount Mazama, about 6,900 years ago.stratovolcano known as Mount Mazama, about 6,900 years ago.

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    Fig. 5-15, p. 120

    stratovolcano known as Mount Mazama, about 6,900 years ago.stratovolcano known as Mount Mazama, about 6,900 years ago.

    Eruption cloud

    Prevailing windVolcanicVolcanic

    hazardshazards inin

    W t USAW t USA

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    p

    Pyroclastic flow

    Pyroclastic flow

    Lava flow

    Lahar (mud or

    debris flow)

    Fig. 5-20, p. 123

    Ground

    waterSilica (SiO2)

    content

    100%

    Magma

    type

    rhyolite

    dacite

    andesite

    basalt

    Magma

    0

    53

    Acid rain

    Ash fall

    63

    68

    Eruption column

    Stepped Art

    Landslide (debris

    avalanche)

    Fumaroles

    Crack

    Bombs

    Lava dome collapse Lava

    dome

    Western USAWestern USA

    lahars and landslides, can occur evenlahars and landslides, can occur even

    when a volcano is not erupting.when a volcano is not erupting.

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    ` Water from heavy precipitation,

    melting snow may mobilze

    debris on the flanks of a

    volcano and cause it to move a

    great distance downslope as athick mush of rock, ash and

    cinders.

    ` Catastrophic mudflows down

    the flanks of a volcano

    ` Lahars cause the largest

    number of volcano-related

    fatalities

    ` No eruption required

    ` Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia,

    1985

    Peles hair, thin filaments of glassy lava

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    Fig. 5-12b, p. 118

    Pele s hair, thin filaments of glassy lava

    that have been carried by wind.

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    A pyroclastic flow (nue

    ardente) hurling down the

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    Fig. 5-23, p. 125

    ardente) hurling down the

    slope of Augustine

    Volcano in Alaska, April

    1986.

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    Mount St. Helens.

    (b) The force of the pyroclastic flow was evidenced by the

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    Fig. 5-24b, p. 125

    (b) The force of the pyroclastic flow was evidenced by the

    downed trees stripped of their bark in the blow-down area.

    This is the area where most of the fatalities occurred.

    LaharLahar--filled north fork of the Toutle River at Mount St. Helens, formerly afilled north fork of the Toutle River at Mount St. Helens, formerly a

    pristine Vpristine V--shaped stream valleyshaped stream valley

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    Fig. 5-26, p. 127

    pristine Vpristine V shaped stream valley.shaped stream valley.

    This photograph was taken in July 1980, well after the main eruption on May 18,

    and the lahar was still steaming.

    1. Inflation begins

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    Fig. 5-34a, p. 133

    A B

    Magma reservoir

    begins to fill

    Editable Text

    Three stages are apparent in Hawaiian volcanoes typical

    eruption sequence. (ac) Inflation and deflation of the coneare accompanied by

    2. Peak inflation

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    Fig. 5-34b, p. 133

    A' B'

    A B

    Stressed rocks;

    zone of earthquakes

    Editable Text

    Three stages are apparent in Hawaiian volcanoes typical eruption

    sequence. (ac) Inflation and deflation of the cone are accompanied by

    3. Volcano deflates

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    Fig. 5-34c, p. 133

    A' B'Flank eruption

    A B Lava

    Editable Text

    Three stages are apparent in Hawaiian volcanoes typical eruption

    sequence. (ac) Inflation and deflation of the cone are accompanied by

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    ` Lava flows during an

    eruption can burn

    everything they

    encounter

    ` Slow but can be

    extensive: travel 100

    km

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    ` Ash falls from large,

    explosive eruptions

    can deposit volcanic

    ash over large areas

    ` Pompeii: 79 AD, Mt.

    Vesuvius, Italy

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pompeii_Garden_of_the_Fugitives_02.jpg

    ADC-10 pointed skyward due to Mount Pinatubo ash on its tail; Cubi Point

    Naval Air Station, Philippines.

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    Fig. 4, p. 144

    pp

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    ` Hot mixtures ofsteam and volcanicdebris

    ` High speeds` Extremely high

    temperatures

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    Fig. 2b, p. 137

    On September 25, 1995 a combination of hot magma and cold water produced a

    violent steam eruption that hurled boulders over the upper slopes of the Whakapapa

    Skifield. The eruption did little damage, but projectiles as big as cars were thrown

    over the rim. The Maori name forRuapehu means exploding pit.

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    Fig. 1, p. 138

    Pyroclastic flow moving down the slope of Soufrire HillsVolcano on the island of Montserrat, British West Indies.

    Seen here is one of many life-endangering flows that

    occurred during July 1997 and that threatened the city of

    Plymouth.

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    ` Destructive Tsunamis

    associated with volcanic

    activity are rare, mainly in

    western Pacific Ocean.

    Of the 405 tsunamis (since 1900) only 12

    due to Submarine volcanic eruptions, only

    2 resulted in significant damage.

    Weather and Climate

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    ` Volcanoes put large quantities of fine ash particlesinto atmosphere == cold weather.

    ` Indonesia: large amounts of ash particles and

    acidic mist into upper atmosphere, creating

    spectacular lurid sunsets with rings around thesun and temperature to go down.

    ` Particle will reduce incoming solar radiation.

    ` Particles (0.0001-0.005 mm) may stay for 1-2 y.

    SO2 produced by volcanoes produces white

    coating on particles ==become superreflectors of

    solar radiation.

    Weather and Climate

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    Fig. 4, p. 141

    A small geyser of scalding water erupts in a formerly popular bathing pool atA small geyser of scalding water erupts in a formerly popular bathing pool at

    Hot Creek, not far from Mammoth Mountain. Activity picked up here in theHot Creek, not far from Mammoth Mountain. Activity picked up here in the

    spring of 2006.spring of 2006.

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