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It is about kilauea volcano in Hawaii.

Date Submitted: 08/27/2003 10:11:18
Length: 4 pages (991 words)
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Kilauea has been erupting lava and ash since January 1983 from the east rift zone on the main island of Hawaii and is the most active volcano on earth (HCV). Kilauea is in the shield building stage. Most of Kilauea is located below sea level. It is located over a hotspot in the Pacific plate. The summit of Kilauea is at 4,090 ft. The crater is nine miles in circumference and is one of the largest active …

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…doesn't just stay on the land it tunnels under it and forms new land when it hits the ocean and causes the island to grow tens or hundreds of meters a year. Works Cited Hawaii Center for Volcanology: www.soest.hawaii.edu/gg/hcv/kilauea.html Standard Educational Corp. New Standard Encyclopedia Volume seven Page k-80 Chicago USGS: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/What/VolGas/VolGasPollution.html http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/hazards/oceanentry/deltacollapse/

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