11/02/2011

Mapping the Formation of an Underwater Volcano

Mapping the Formation of an Underwater Volcano

ScienceDaily (Oct. 28, 2011)  

In El Hierro Island in the Canaries, Spain, as started to emerge an underwater volcano on the 9th of October.
Researchers of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO, Ministry of Science and Innovation) took only 15 days to locate the formation in high resolution. The volcano has reached a height of 100 meters and the lava flows, though it has decreased its flowing during the past days. Juan Acosta, head of the IEO explains that: “This is probably the first time that such a young underwater volcano has been mapped in such high resolution,” He explains.
The 9th October, scientists of Spain's National Geographic Institute (Spanish Ministry of Development) sensed the first seismic movements that gave birth the volcano in the Spanish Islands. The 24th of this month, scientists on board the IEO's ship Ramón Margalef had concluded the bathymetry (mapping of the sea bed) with extraordinary accuracy.
Formation in high resolution of the
Underwater Volcano
The author of the article includes in his writing: “In 1998, within the framework in Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone, researchers of the IEO and Spain's Marine Hydrographic Institute (Spanish Ministry of Defence) also mapped the same area from within the oceanographic ship Hespérides. Using a geographic information system, these images have now been superimposed onto those just taken and thus the birth of the volcano has been confirmed.” Now we are sure that there actually is a volcano in the El Hierro Islands. The sizes of the volcano are: the base of the volcano lies at a depth of 300 m. It is conical and 100 m high with a base diameter of 700 m and a crater width of 120 m. Videos and photos will be taken, only until the 31st of October which will be controlled by the Liropus, an observation submarine.
The reason of why I like this article is because it talks about volcanoes and seas and they are two things I like. Also, I find it interesting because it talks about how an underwater volcano grows; plus, I wonder, is lava hot even though it is in water. I’m an kind of confused (generally) about the hot/cold part.
Underwater Volcano
Underwater Volcano Picture
(general, not this one specific)
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3 comments:

  1. Wow, this is pretty cool Franci! Good job tiny!!

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  2. this is cool and good. Just make the summary shorter next time.

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  3. Yeah, I have to agree with Miona. Please make sure that you are taking out important details only and summarizing the best you can in your own words. If you do use sentences or phrases from the original article you need to put it in quotation marks and include the MLA citation.

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