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Quick questions on Volcanic hazards and monitoring: pyroclastic flows, lahars and eruption forecasting - Eduqas A-Level Geology

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What are the volcanic hazards?
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Volcanic hazards range from the merely destructive to the rapidly lethal:
What is magma composition controls the hazard?
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The hazard profile follows directly from the magma composition, exactly as for eruption style:
What is q1?
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State the most lethal volcanic hazard and explain why. [2 marks]
What is q2?
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Explain why an andesitic volcano is more hazardous than a basaltic one. [2 marks]
What is q3?
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Name two volcano monitoring methods and what each detects. [2 marks]

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