What makes a Volcano Erupt?

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The following site has a map showing the location of the Earth's volcanoes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Volcano_Map.png and this site shows how volcanoes work: http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/

Answered: How many volcanoes are there in the world?

about 2.3 ... volcanoes are cool!

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Aloha, Not to sure why they erupt, but they are sure beautiful. We have a cottage in the volcano area in Hawaii and drive by it all the time. To view go to http://www .volcanohikersrest.com

Answered: Why do volcano erupt and what is the diffrence ...?

Geography for one thing. Volcanoes are found all over the world, under the ocean and on land. They erupt because of pressure from the gases that have been produced through the melting of rock (magma). As these gases build up, they have to be released and how they are released determines the type ...

Answered: What is a volcano eruption?

There are two types of volcanic eruptions mainly: a) Non-explosive eruption b) Explosive eruption The difference between nonexplosive and explosive eruptions depends largely on magma viscosity and dissolved-gas content.Low viscosity magmas and low dissolved gas contents produce nonexplosive ...

Answered: What are the consequences of volcanoes?

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What is submarine volcanoes?

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Volcanoes Eruption

Hi Jeremiah To add to the former answer: the earth's thin crust (in the continents = 64 km. and under the oceans = only , approximately ,10 km.) is broken to 11 or 12 different parts ("plates") that push each other. In the borders between these fractures occurred almost all the earthquake and the ...

Earth will get too hot by 2300. How can we artificially erupt volcanoes

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Why does lightning often occur when a volcano erupts?

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