Untitled Haiku Deck
Published on Feb 03, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DESCRIPTION
- Mauna loa is a shield volcano
- Which means it is a gently sloping mountain produced from a large number of generally very fluid lava flows
TYPE OF ERUPTION
- Lava eruption are silica-poor and very fluid
- Eruption tend to be non-explosive and the volcano has relatively shallow slopes
MAGMA
- Silica-poor,and very fluid
CURRENT STATUS
- Mauna loa is the largest active volcano on the Earth and is among Earth's most active volcanoes
- Its most recent eruption was in 1984
HISTORY, PAST ERUPTIONS
- Mauna loa has erupted 33 times since 1843
- In 1968, an eruption from Mauna Loa caused the largest earthquake in Hawaii
INTERESTING INFORMATION
- Mauna loa is the biggest active volcano in the world
- It extends 13,697 feet above sea level and about 3,100 feet below sea level
