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Volcano Barcena, Mexico
what type of Volcano is barcena?
Barcena volcano is dormant and historical
type: cinder cone
barcena takes a big chunk of southern end
-barcena rises to an elevation of 332 meters, forming a volcanic crater
work cited
Location
does anyone live near there?
people go visit there , but needs special permits to go there
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/glossary/barcena.html
http://www.volcanolive.com/barcena.html
by john seach
barcena volcano on the side of an island located in about 220 nautical miles south of cabo san lucas, baja california
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/barcena/1952-53-eruption.html
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Controls.html
http://www.volcano.si.edu/learn_galleries.cfm?p=12
history of barcena
were people affected by it?
no people weren't affected by the volcano because the volcano isn't near Mexico just an island itself
The day of august 1, 1952 is when barcena volcano was created from El boqueron vent
-The eruption began with a powerful explosive volcano creating base surges
-this volcano stopped erupting ever since 1953
the eruption was as big as 332m
Type of magma fuels barcena
Lava delta: lava, which goes to the body of the water and lava cools from the water instantly
This volcano contains lava dome and lava delta
Lava dome: slow extrusion of viscous lava
viscosity affects barcena volcano by, having a low viscosity. it all depends on the tempature
if the volcano has low viscosity just as barcena does the more the lava will com out of the volcano.
Dome: seems to have very high silica
Pluton features exposed near barcena
Rhyolite
no volcano near barcena that has plutons
melinda vang
beaty
period 4
2, April 2015
volcano barcena, mexico