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Simultaneously water vapour escapes as bubbles, increasing the relative density of the carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide. Over time these gases expand to times their original size, increasing the pressure on the chamber lid to such an extent that an eruption occurs. This is similar to when you shake a soft drink and it explodes when opening the lid — by shaking it you are separating carbon dioxide molecules, causing a build-up of gas and pressure.
Typically, it will also form pyroclastic clouds: cascades of hot ash, gas and molten rock fragments, which are around degrees Celsius and travel around kilometres per hour. The fundamental concept of an eruption is that an increase in pressure on the chamber lid causes the magma to be released from beneath it. However, there are variances in the cause of this magma movement and the type of eruption generated.
These can either spread apart and leave a gap in the surface, or they can push underneath one another — a process called subduction. When the plates separate, magma rises slowly in order to fill the gap through a gentle explosion of thin basaltic lava, which is at temperatures from to degrees Celsius.
However, when one plate pushes underneath the other, this forces molten rock, sediment and seawater down into the magma chamber. The rock and sediment are melted into fresh magma, and eventually overfill the chamber until it erupts, releasing sticky and thick andesitic lava, at temperatures from to degrees Celsius.
Decreasing temperatures can cause old magma to crystalise and sink to the bottom of the chamber, forcing fresh liquefied magma up and out — similar to what happens when a brick is dropped in a bucket of water.
A decrease in external pressure on the magma chamber may also allow for an eruption by minimising its ability to hold back increasing pressures from the inside. The third process that causes volcanic eruptions is an injection of new magma into a chamber that is already filled with magma of similar or different composition.
This injection forces some of the magma in the chamber to move up in the conduit and erupt at the surface. Although volcanologists are well aware of these three processes, they cannot yet predict a volcanic eruption. But they have made significant advances in forecasting volcanic eruptions. Forecasting involves probable character and time of an eruption in a monitored volcano.
The character of an eruption is based on the prehistoric and historic record of the volcano in question and its volcanic products. For example, a violently erupting volcano that has produced ash fall, ash flow and volcanic mudflows or lahars is likely to do the same in the future. An excellent example of successful forecasting occurred in Volcanologists from the U. Geological Survey accurately predicted the June 15 eruption of the Pinatubo Volcano in the Philippines, allowing for the timely evacuation of the Clark Air Base and saving thousands of lives.
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