Mount Kilauea
Kilauea is currently Hyperactive Shield volcano which is located on the Hawaiian Island.The shield Volcano means it is a type of volcano which is build almost entirely with fluid of lava flows.It is named because of their large size and of low profile,that resembles a warrior's shield lying on the ground.It is caused by the highly fluid lava which erupts, and travels farther than the lava erupted from the Strato Volcanoes, and which results in the steady accumulation of broad sheets of lava,which building the shield volcano's distinctive form. The shield volcanoes which contains low viscosity magma, which gives them the flowing mafic lava. The Mount Kilauea is the most active volcano,which is active of the five volcanoes that together forms the island of the Hawaii, and perhaps which is the most active volcano on the earth.The Kilauea is located on the southern shore of the island. Which are of 300,000 to 600,000 years old and which is going above sea level about 100,000 years ago. And the second youngest production of the Hawaiian hot spot and the current eruptive center of the Hawaiian-Emperor sea mount chain. And structurally the Kilauea has a large, fairly recently formed caldera at its summit and two active rift zones and one extending 78 mi(125 km) east and the other 22 mi(35 km) west,this has an active fault line of unknown depth which is moving vertically an average of 0.1 to 0.8 in(2 to 20 mm) per year. The Kilauea name means "spewing"or the other meaning is "much spreading" in the Hawaiian language.In earliest lava from the volcano date back to its submarine pre shield stage, and recovered by ROVs(Remotely Operated Underwater vehicle) from its submerged slopes and the other flow recovered through the core samples. the lava which is younger than 1,000 year covered 90 percentage of the volcano, and the oldest exposed lava date back 2,800 and 2,100 years. In 1823 the first well documented eruption of Kilauea occurred during that time the volcano has erupted repeatedly. This is the most historical eruptions that have occurred at south western rift zone and which are of prolonged and effusive in the characters. The geological record shows that the violent explosive activity predating European contact was extremely common. On the 3 January 1983, one of longest eruption that has occurred in the world. And the January 2011, the eruption has produced 0.84 cu mi(3.5 cubic kilometer) of lava and it has resurfaced 48 square mi(123.2 km square), of the land. The Kilauea's high state of activity has got a major impact on its mountains side ecology where the plants growth is often interrupted by the fresh tephra and also the drifting volcanic sulfur dioxide which is producing the acid rains particularly in a barren area which is south of its south western rift zone known as the Kau desert. Historically in Hawaii the five volcanoes on the island were considered sacred by the Hawaiian peoples, in accordance to the Hawaiian mythology the Kilauea's Halemaumau crater served as the body and home of the pele, godness of fire, lighting, winds volcanoes. William Ellis a missionary from the England gave the first modern account of Kilauea and he spend two week travelling along the volcanoes, the Thomas jaggar in 1912, the Hawaiian volcano observatory, located on the rime of the Kilauea caldera, has served as the principal investigative and the scientific body on the volcano. The Woodrow wilson in 1961 a bill forming that the Hawaii volcanoes National Park was signed into the law by the president, and the park has become a world Heritage site and also a major tourist destination.
Kilauea is currently Hyperactive Shield volcano which is located on the Hawaiian Island.The shield Volcano means it is a type of volcano which is build almost entirely with fluid of lava flows.It is named because of their large size and of low profile,that resembles a warrior's shield lying on the ground.It is caused by the highly fluid lava which erupts, and travels farther than the lava erupted from the Strato Volcanoes, and which results in the steady accumulation of broad sheets of lava,which building the shield volcano's distinctive form. The shield volcanoes which contains low viscosity magma, which gives them the flowing mafic lava. The Mount Kilauea is the most active volcano,which is active of the five volcanoes that together forms the island of the Hawaii, and perhaps which is the most active volcano on the earth.The Kilauea is located on the southern shore of the island. Which are of 300,000 to 600,000 years old and which is going above sea level about 100,000 years ago. And the second youngest production of the Hawaiian hot spot and the current eruptive center of the Hawaiian-Emperor sea mount chain. And structurally the Kilauea has a large, fairly recently formed caldera at its summit and two active rift zones and one extending 78 mi(125 km) east and the other 22 mi(35 km) west,this has an active fault line of unknown depth which is moving vertically an average of 0.1 to 0.8 in(2 to 20 mm) per year. The Kilauea name means "spewing"or the other meaning is "much spreading" in the Hawaiian language.In earliest lava from the volcano date back to its submarine pre shield stage, and recovered by ROVs(Remotely Operated Underwater vehicle) from its submerged slopes and the other flow recovered through the core samples. the lava which is younger than 1,000 year covered 90 percentage of the volcano, and the oldest exposed lava date back 2,800 and 2,100 years. In 1823 the first well documented eruption of Kilauea occurred during that time the volcano has erupted repeatedly. This is the most historical eruptions that have occurred at south western rift zone and which are of prolonged and effusive in the characters. The geological record shows that the violent explosive activity predating European contact was extremely common. On the 3 January 1983, one of longest eruption that has occurred in the world. And the January 2011, the eruption has produced 0.84 cu mi(3.5 cubic kilometer) of lava and it has resurfaced 48 square mi(123.2 km square), of the land. The Kilauea's high state of activity has got a major impact on its mountains side ecology where the plants growth is often interrupted by the fresh tephra and also the drifting volcanic sulfur dioxide which is producing the acid rains particularly in a barren area which is south of its south western rift zone known as the Kau desert. Historically in Hawaii the five volcanoes on the island were considered sacred by the Hawaiian peoples, in accordance to the Hawaiian mythology the Kilauea's Halemaumau crater served as the body and home of the pele, godness of fire, lighting, winds volcanoes. William Ellis a missionary from the England gave the first modern account of Kilauea and he spend two week travelling along the volcanoes, the Thomas jaggar in 1912, the Hawaiian volcano observatory, located on the rime of the Kilauea caldera, has served as the principal investigative and the scientific body on the volcano. The Woodrow wilson in 1961 a bill forming that the Hawaii volcanoes National Park was signed into the law by the president, and the park has become a world Heritage site and also a major tourist destination.
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