Less rainfall means there is less water to enter into the facility and transport radioactive waste. On the negative side there are three things which cause me an unsteady feeling. First, the mountain is in an area where there has been volcanic activity. Because of the activity strong gases have entered into the ground which could cause explosions to be destructive. Secondly, the area has several faults running through the area where the proposed facility was to be built.
Using the history of eruptions allows us to assess what is likely to happen in the future, for example, in the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 the volcano erupted on its side from a large bulge this left a huge crater as seen in the image. Because of this deep crater we know that neither a large debris avalanche nor a major lateral blast will like happen again. Mt. St. Helens is a very closely monitored volcano due to its previous eruptions.
The plutonic rocks were formed by magma and are form deep within the Earth. When a volcano erupts, some lava reaches the Earth surface and the lava starts to cool or solidify, but there are a few volcanic igneous rocks in Yosemite. The volcanic rocks in Yosemite Park include basalt and latté lava flows and outside has the same, but some called ash-flow and more (Yosemite National
Scientists have since seen these patterns as precursory to eruptions at many other volcanoes, including the 2004-2008 eruption of Mount St. Helens. At Mount St. Helens the value of an extensive system of seismic sensors has greatly improved our ability to determine the location and depth of earthquakes, and our ability to understand the physics of magma systems underground. The lack of short-term seismic or other geophysical indications in the hours and days prior to the May 18, 1980, debris avalanche, as well as prior to many short discrete explosions both before and after May 18, underscores that fact that scientists and public officials will not always have warning sufficient to issue short-term predictions of impending eruptive activity. Today, seismic
Geological Survey Unit 4 Shaun Brantley SC300-25 March 27, 2011 The United States Geological Survey provides valuable information as to the potential risks of earthquakes for the entire planet. The USGS is, more or less, an seismological almanac. Earthquakes happen each and every day all over the world but the rumbles are not felt nearly as often as they occur due to their lacking size upon the rector scale. They may not be felt by humans but other species of animals may sense the activity and the data can be recorded by scientists utilizing seismographs. Renditions of seismographs are first recorded to have been used as early as the second century A.D. As science and technology continually advances the scientific community has a greater
'The extent to which volcanic processes represent hazards depends on where and when they occur.' Discuss this statement. Volcanic processes become a hazard when they impact upon the human and built environments, killing and injuring people, burying and collapsing buildings, destroying infrastructure and bringing agricultural activities to a halt. Volcanic hazards are influenced by several factors including location, time and frequency of eruptions, and the materials ejected. It is the viscosity of magma that largely determines the nature and power of an eruption and the resultant severity of the hazard.
These include creating an exclusion zone around the volcano, being ready and able to evacuate residents and having an emergency supply of basic provisions, such as food. A study of the previous eruption history of a volcano is important in prediction, along with an understanding of the type of activity produced. At present, research is being conducted to see if it is possible to predict the time of an eruption accurately using the shock waves that are produced as magma
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