Mount Soufriere, Montserrat
- Created by: Megan
- Created on: 29-05-15 15:35
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Background
- Caribbean Island - 12km x 8km
- 1100 people
- Industry - agriculture, fishing, tourism
- Avg household income a year - £2800
- British Overseas Territory
- Dormant for previous 100 years
Causes
- Composite volcano in South East -- sudden violent eruptions
- Destructive Margin - North & South American plates subducting under Caribbean plate
- Crust melts - forms magma which is less dense so rises and erupts
Timeline
- July '95 - first evacuations following clouds of ash and steam
- Sept '95 - first small pyroclastic flow
- March '96- Sept '96 - dome collapses, 3rd and final…
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