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  2. Volcano - Wikipedia

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    Volcanoes are usually not created at transform tectonic boundaries where two tectonic plates slide past one another. Volcanoes, based on their frequency of eruption or volcanism, can be defined as either active, dormant or extinct. Active volcanoes have a recent history of volcanism and are likely to erupt again, dormant ones have not erupted ...

  3. Timeline of volcanism on Earth - Wikipedia

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    Active volcanoes such as Stromboli, Mount Etna and Kīlauea do not appear on this list, but some back-arc basin volcanoes that generated calderas do appear. Some dangerous volcanoes in "populated areas" appear many times: Santorini six times, and Yellowstone hotspot 21 times.

  4. Volcanism - Wikipedia

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    Eruption of mud at Dashgil mud volcano in Gobustan, Azerbaijan. A mud volcano is formed when fluids and gases under pressure erupt to the surface, bringing mud with them. This pressure can be caused by the weight of overlying sediments over the fluid which pushes down on the fluid, preventing it from escaping, by fluid being trapped in the ...

  5. Types of volcanic eruptions - Wikipedia

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    The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington, which ripped apart the volcano's summit, was a Plinian eruption of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) 5. [ 3 ] The strongest types of eruptions, with a VEI of 8, are so-called "Ultra-Plinian" eruptions, such as the one at Lake Toba 74 thousand years ago, which put out 2800 times the material ...

  6. A volcano in Jackson? It's true. Could what has happened in ...

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    A volcanic eruption is seen turning the sky orange in Grindavik on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. Could this happen in Mississippi? What would happen if the Jackson Volcano ...

  7. Iceland volcano – live: Eruption could happen with just 30 ...

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    Iceland volcano could erupt like a ‘can of fizzy drink’ Monday 20 November 2023 22:00 , Matt Mathers A volcano close to erupting in Iceland could explode like a “can of fizzy drink,” an ...

  8. Undersea volcano off West Coast could erupt soon but should ...

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    One of the most active volcanoes in the world sits just a few hundred miles off the U.s. West Coast, and some scientists believe it’s only a matter of time before it erupts again – maybe even ...

  9. List of volcanic eruptions in the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    An eruption on 16 March injured 10 people, including a BBC News television crew, after magma exploded upon contact with snow. [97] [98] 3 Mount Ontake [99] Japan 2014 63 A phreatic eruption and pyroclastic flow occurred without warning, killing 63 people. Deadliest eruption in Japan since 1902, first volcano-related deaths in Japan since 1991. 2