Pinatubo 1991

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Several small plates, lying underneath the Philippines, are getting squeezed between two larger plates; these are the Eurasian Plate and the Philippines Plate. This causes great amounts of pressure on the smaller plates, and in turn frequent volcanic eruptions. The composition of magma from the Pinatubo eruption ranged from Basaltic magma to Andesitic magma...
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Both these types of magma have lower Silica contents, this means they have quite a low viscosity, making them faster and more dangerous. The actual Eruption style of Pinatubo was a ‘Plinian’ Eruption; this means the eruption was violently explosive. The eruption resulted from an ejection of magma into columns that did extend up to 35km in some places, the thickness of these columns decrease as you move away from the vent, creating great amount of pressure a the summit of these columns...
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