Arenal+Chelsea+Romanchuk

=**Arenal, Chelsea Romanchuk** =

 **Type of Volcano : ** Andesitic Stratovolcano

** Geographic Location : ** North-West Costa Rica

**Type of plate boundary : ** Subduction of the Cocos tectonic Plate under the Caribbean Plate

**Name, Distance, and population of nearest major city(cities) :** The closest city is La Fortune,Located on the Northeastern side of the Volcano, and has a population of 5.707 inhabitants.

**Date of most recent eruption : ** In 1968 that buried three small villages and it had left 87 civilians dead.

**Date of most DESTRUCTIVE eruption :** 1968,It was inactive for about 400 years and then it burst open and buried about 5mi squared(15 km squared) in rock,lava and ash.

**Predict when next eruption may occur :** I think next time it will erupt is tomorrow because it erupts almost daily spilling lava all down the sides of it.

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Other event associated with the last eruption (earthquakes, floods,lahars etc) :** Earthquakes.

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Major hazards to humans in the vicinity of this volcano :** Dangerous for the civilians to live near because the volcano has killed 87 people in the last major eruption and it can kill a lot more people that are living in the vicinity or near the vicinity of the Arenal Volcano.

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Summary: ** You are the head of the USGS. What recommendations would you make to minimize the risk to the population? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">If I was the head of the USGS, I would make sure that no one under any circumstances lived near the Arenal Volcano. I would also make sure that if the volcano was to erupt that there was no civilians were by the volcano so that no one would get severely injured. The last major eruption was in 1968 and it took 87 civilians lives away and i would make sure that it wouldn't take anyone else life away. All we have to do is make sure we know when the next eruption would be and warn the people living in the area so get away and evacuate the vicinity as soon as possible so that no one gets injured or killed.

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Due Date for your wiki : April 26**

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Reflection :** <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Read the other wikipages. Select three volcanoes and tell me __why__ you chose them. What are the similarities (3) and difference(s) (at least 1) between your volcano and the three you chose? <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Megan Kwak: <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I chose hers because it looked interesting and eye catching. <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1)Both Cocos plate <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">2)Both Stratovolcanoes <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">3)Both can erupt at any moment

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1)Not as many people were killed by her volcano

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Hannah: <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Hers was very eye catching. <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1)Both Stratovolcanoes <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">2)Both killed about the same amount of people

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1)Hers is a converging plate boundary and mines and subduction plate boundary

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Nikki: <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Eye catching <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1)Both stratovolcanoes <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">2)Both erupted in the 19oo's

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1)5cm of ash covered 4,000 km sq. kms

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Due date for reflection : May 1**



<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Reference link :** <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">http://www.arenal.net/arenal-volcano-overview.htm <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenal_Volcano <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">http://geology.com/volcanoes/arenal/