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Paektu Mountain
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Volcano Project
By me
Gunwoo Kim
Period 2
Paektu Mountain
(Baekdu Mountain)
If Paektu Erupts...
50X stronger than Mt. Vesuvius eruption in 79AD, which destroyed Pompey
Whole Korean peninsula, Eastern China, Japan, and Russia will be damaged
Vocabularies
Caldera- A large volcanic crater
Lahar- A destructive mudflow on the slopes of a volcano
Tephra- Rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption
Deaths
Fissure- A long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting in rock
Some Volcanic Hazards
Lava/lahar
Tephra, ash, lapilli, volcanic bombs and various gases are expelled from a fissure (volcanic vent)
Water from the Heaven Lake in the caldera can overflow and inundate the region
Eruptions
Type
Erupts about every 100 years
-Stratovolcano
Eruption of the 10th century was one of the biggest eruptions in the history, also called the millennium eruption
-Active
Last eruption in 1903
-Basalt lava
Expected to erupt again soon
A large crater lake, called Heaven Lake
is in the caldera atop the mountain
Paektu
Means "Perpetually white mountain"
Size
Considered as a sacred place to
N.Koreans
Known as the birth place of Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un
Elevation: 2744m (9007ft)
Shape: Cone Shape
Area: 2593m (8507ft)
Formation
Formed by deep subduction zone from Western Pacific Plate
Mountain is above a hot spot
Location of the Mountain
42.0 N, 128.1 E
Highest point of the country
Eurasian Plate