does anybody know anything about the affect kilauea gives to the enviroment and if there were any signs that it was going to erupt? thanxs...
2007-05-13 13:16:54 · 2 answers · asked by Chelsea 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Well, as with all volcanoes, it emits carbon dioxide, methane, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides, hydrogen sulfides and other gases which can contribute to the green house effect.
Kilauea is a "hot spot" volcano which means it is located over a mantle plume so it behaves differently than other inland volcanoes. Predicting an eruption is a very inexact science.
Kilauea is a basaltic volcano so it is unlikely to have to violent, overly destructive eruptions and it emits viscous flowing lava that adds to Hawaii's land mass.
As Kilauea continues to move over Hawaii's mantle plume it will cease being active.
Wikipedia usually has good information and follow up links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilauea
2007-05-13 14:39:27 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. it truly is a preserve volcano. It HAS the two a crater and a caldera. A caldera is in simple terms an area of collapsed land that varieties following an eruption. A crater is the main important vent of a volcano. And it it noted in simple terms as Kilauea.
2016-12-29 03:12:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋