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Kilauea
Title: Kilauea
Category: Science & Technology
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Kilauea
Kristin Laske
Science-2
2/14/00
Kilauea
Hawaii consists of a string of islands, or an archapelago. Kilauea is located on
one of these islands, the central Hawaii island. Kilauea is one of the world’s most active
volcanic craters. Craters are formed either by the massive collapse of material during
volcanic activity, by unusually violent explosions, or later by erosion during dormancy
(Comptons). It is situated on the southeastern slope of the great volcanic mountain
Mauna Loa. …showed first 75 words of 438 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 438 total…massive size, which is shown in the Hawaiian Island volcanoes.
The Hawaiian Islands are composed of shield volcanoes, that have been built up from the
sea floor. If measured from sea floor level, some of the Hawaiian volcanoes are the
worlds largest mountains in terms of both height and volume (Comptons).
In the 20th century, major flows occurred in 1920 and 1921, 1950, 1955, 1959,
1965, and 1969. The current eruption cycle, the longest-running in modern Hawaiian
history, began on January 3, 1983 (Encarta).
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