science explained explain montserrat volcano volcano montserrat volcano quot tectonic plate movement understand plate ride atop magmatic convection cell top cell question concern origin convection dr jamie love january long time ago southern caribbean latitude north longitude west map undersea volcano erupt ocean floor spew lava molten rock volcano build undersea mountain grow high high eventually grow surface sea beginning island montserrat eventually volcano calm life colonize tropical paradise year later volcano active time slightly north old vent eruption large produce rest island new volcanic mountain reach kilometer sky mile high year ago second series eruption stop montserrat volcano appear calm couple year later europeans african slave colonize tiny x km tropical island call high south island soufriére hills call north soufriére hills distinguish old dead volcano generation think fact home volcanic reminder warning rumbling year ago island stir noticeable shake earthquake little damage rumble earth soon forget warning come montserrat shake earthquake mid mid recently earthquake cause magma squeeze volcano high pressure way magma molten rock underground reach surface call lava long period earthquake geologist probably cause movement magma crack deep rock people worry montserrat home earthquake people think piece volcano blow mid july montserrat volcano start produce earthquake day later july 18th volcano crater produce phreatic explosion phreatic explosion phreatic pronounce free tick greek word eruption go mean sense water ground magma meet ground water huge steam produce quickly quickly explosion explosion like explosion cause dynamite inherently explosive chemical water magma energy phreatic explosion cause huge increase pressure occur ground molten rock heat ground water turn water steam similar explosion pressure cooker suddenly rupture early earthquake cause hide phreatic explosion ground able shake contain folk see explosion volcano blow steam calm wrong instead phreatic explosion volcano start blow steam frequently phreatic emission everyday event month later dome start grow magma dome form magma push upward cause land bulge deformation good sign mean well magma make way surface like balloon get ready pop completely true magma dome pop collapse magma dome builds grow push surface eventually surface give way weight dome collapse release lava march 29th magma dome collapse release lava produce pyroclastic flow pyroclastic mean fire rock pretty good description come pour kind volcano flow pyroclastic truly dangerous pyroclastic flow lava hot rock gas flow like water lot fast pyroclastic flow people think eruption pyroclastic flow produce death destruction quickly soufriére hills produce pyroclastic flow year know stop bad june 25th large pyroclastic flow come soufriére hills matter minute dump million cubic meter lava cover square kilometer east island kill people destroy home close pyroclastic flow die heat ignite building clothing poisonous gas mix obvious worry tephra pronounce tef ra produce soufriére hills volcano tephra scientific volcanic ash year people call stuff fall volcanic cloud ash geologist like use word argue true ash product combustion true ash burning tree home cause pyroclastic flow tephra geologist tell tiny fragment lava emit volcano distinguish ashe ash volcano tephra reserve word ash ash watch tv volcano geologist friend time fellow tv say ash friend shout tephra guy tv correct error geologist come funny word tephra greek ash tephra cloud montserrat big june 25th explosion rise kilometer fall west island cover town plymouth tephra fall earth cool away tephra fall volcano time cool fall air tephra cloud hot time cool year ad volcano italy call vesuvius erupt dump great deal tephra nearby city pompeii herculaneum hot cover people cloud hot tephra die quick painful death century later body discover hollow statue sculptured rock coat human body decay away geologist call stuff hot tephra insist describe pyroclastic flow tephra pick tephra cool quickly fall close source tephra nuisance mount st helens explode watch scene tv tephra fall place like black snow evacuation usa air force base philippines mount pinatubo erupt tephra thick turn noonday black like nighttime danger volcano lahar lahar pronounce la har indonesian word mud flow guess greeks word lahar mixture volcanic material water common problem volcanic area large volume ice snow volcano lava melt huge glacial ice release huge water water rush away carry material result wall flow mud large move fast think lahar impossible tropical island montserrat wrong ok snow field glacier montserrat hot humid air column volcanic tephra rise upper atmosphere commonly trigger storm tiny bits tephra act point water condensation rain mud mud rain fall torrent produce mud flow force sweep car away bury drown people lahars cause normal rainstorm fall large amount tephra tephra leave cover philippines pinatubo eruption produce lahars rain storm people kill pinatubo lahar pinatubo eruption tephra fall montserrat lahars problem rain despite excitement montserrat volcano typical volcano technically call strato volcano build layer old eruption strato word geologist like use layer kind volcano composite volcano referring fact erupt produce lava pyroclastic flow strato composite volcano common type volcano common feature montserrat volcano magma create subduction local tectonic plate huh mean plate earth crust meet push get push material plate get push squeeze heat melt magma rise surface create volcano montserrat like volcano feed subduction nearby tectonic plate typical thing montserrat volcano behavior predict volcano like montserrat explode geologist monitor kind volcano tell thing get tense like volcano montserrat volcano start warn fate phreatic activity earthquake sign magma formation magma dome sure sign magma approach surface geologist monitor montserrat mount st helens mount pinatubo similar volcano careful watch potential hazard earthquake common sign magma movement geologist notice phreatic activity increase worry constantly monitor magma dome dome deform fast likely dome collapse release lava stream pyroclastic flow geologist monitor volcano vulcanologist predict exact time explosion likely explode kind relative monitor volcano behavior earthquake phreatic activity magma dome distortion order educate guess warn explode issue alert call people near troubled area leave immediately wrong right warning save life people live active volcano montserrat mount pinatubo mount st helens comment question volcano feel free send letter editor promise answer question address comment post particularly good one david ask plate ride atop convection cell drag cell area subduction subducte material deep geological standard soon pop surface volcano earth surface buoyant material convection cell ask convection earth get rid deep heat convection convection transfer heat motion molecule heat pot water hot water move upward reach surface water cool give lot heat air water sink pot go continuously heat pot series form hot water form upward cell water form downward cell convection cell molten rock constantly churn away far bring heat earth interior close surface heat release material sink complete cycle cell heat release surface means heat transfer call conduction transfer heat molecule molecule move convection convection cell approach surface earth hot earth cool sky water sufficient allow heat escape energetic mean conduction place warm hand cold piece metal transmit heat hand metal conduction molecule hand metal instead molecule heat pass like bucket brigade meter surface earth rock heat degree centigrade meter depth conduction heat top convection cell upper meter obvious thermal gradient heat reach surface pick air water carry away atmospheric oceanic convection conduction heat small cause formation atmospheric oceanic convection cell local weather ocean condition dominate heat transfer earth surface ultimately heat lose space confused radioactive material radiation regard heat transfer loss heat give light molecule move molecule accept heat neighbor molecule radiation way body space planet spaceship etc lose heat give spectrum call know mean heat transfer convection hot molecule motion conduction molecule pass heat neighbor radiation molecule give invisible light energy david go ask source heat come source heat generate pressure cause gravity squeeze rock leave earth form billion year ago residual heat impact collide material earth finally heat radioactive decay surprise think heat generate naturally occur rock chunk granite contain radioactive element thorium th uranium u produce heat decay heat allow escape rock melt million year easy imagine radioactivity contribute earth internal heat geologist agree heat generate radioactive decay big producer heat sun remain earth interior comment question lunar water feel free send letter editor promise answer 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