C3.2 Chile - : Hot spots

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CHILE

where the Earth stops

Hot spots

What is the plan for today?

REPEAT

• Volcanoes

Hot spots

TODAY'S GOALS

1. You can name 3 types of volcanoes (GG 70).
2. You can name the tectonic situation that causes the formation of each type of volcano (shield volcano 2 possible situations, GG 70 + 72).
3. You can name the eruption type (explosive or effusive) of each type of volcano (GG 70).
4. You can explain the shape of each type of volcano (GG 70).
5. You can describe what a pyroclastic flow is.

Three kinds of volcano

Stratovolcanoes: explosive eruptions and pyroclastic flows

Explosive eruption last week

Pyroclastic flow

Hot gases that rush down the slopes of a volcano at high speed during an eruption

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Shield volcano: divergence or hotspot

EFFUSIVE ERUPTION

Hotspot or divergence