STROMBOLIAN

ERUPTION

Lalaine Beatrize Vicedo

Kevin Ryan Arboneda
What is a Strombolian
eruption?
 It is named after the small-volcano island
Stromboli in Sicily ,Italy.
 It occur when gas inside the volcano
coalesces into bubbles(or gas slugs).
 It is a less dangerous types of eruption.
 It is one of the most beautiful
to watch, during at night.
 It is mildly explosive at discrete but fail
regular intervals o seconds to minutes.
 Giusepe Mercalli
 It has a volcanic explosivity index of about 2
to 3.
 It eject some viscous basaltic lava and
some fragments result by
explosion such as
ash,cinders,
pyroclastic rocks,and
lapilli.
Diagram of a strombolian eruption
A_ _ PL UM_
Diagram of a strombolian eruption

ASH PLUME
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L_P_LL_ A_S F_ _L
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LAPILLI ASH FALL

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L _V_
FO_NT_ _N
VO_C_ _IC
B_ _BS
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LAVA
FOUNTAIN
VOLCANIC
BOMBS
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LAV_
F_OW

LAYERS OF
S_ _ _TUM AS_ES
& LA_A
Diagram of a strombolian eruption

LAVA
FLOW

LAYERS OF
STRATUM ASHES
& LAVA
Diagram of a strombolian eruption

_AG_A
_IKE
MAGMA CH_MB_R
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MAGMA
DIKE
MAGMA CHAMBER
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S_L_
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SILL
Examples of a strombolian eruption:
 Paricutin eruption;1943
 200 mile West of Mexico
 February 20,1943
 Helps the scientists were able to
observe the life cycle of a volcano.
 Rumbling noises & thunder but the sky
were clear clouds.
 A scoria cone and produce finer
fragments burning that covered the
whole paricutin village.
Eruption in Paricutin,Mexico
 Mt. Erebus in Antarctica
 3,794 m. or 12,447 ft.
 Sixth highest ultra mountain on an island
 Southern most active volcano
 Located on Ross Island
 Its magma came from its plume (erebus
plume)
Mt. Erebus in Antartica
 Stromboli in Italy:1932
 World’s most visited small-volcano
island in Italy.
 Known as the “LIGHTHOUSE OF THE
MEDITERRANEAN”
 Have spectacular eruptions of jet
fountains of molten rocks & lava
Location:
 Eruption of stromboli

Before During
2017 Eruptions
 Mt. Etna in Sicily,Italy
 Metropolitant city of Catania
 Tallest & most active volcano in Europe
 Source of income
 Rich volcanic soil
 Stratovolcano
 UNESCO Worlds Heritage Sites
MT. ETNA IN ITALY
References:
 ^http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/
content/abstract/317/5835/227
 ^http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/
node/1456