Figure 5.26The Volcanic Explosivity Index indicates relative sizes of explosive eruptions. Source: After USGS Volcano Hazards Program. According to this figure, the VEI value assigned to an eruption is inverse exponentially proportional to its volume of erupted pyroclastics. O is inversely proportional to its volume of erupted pyroclastics. O is directly proportional to its volume of erupted pyroclastics. is exponentially proportional to its volume of erupted pyroclastics.
Figure 5.26The Volcanic Explosivity Index indicates relative sizes of explosive eruptions. Source: After USGS Volcano Hazards Program. According to this figure, the VEI value assigned to an eruption is inverse exponentially proportional to its volume of erupted pyroclastics. O is inversely proportional to its volume of erupted pyroclastics. O is directly proportional to its volume of erupted pyroclastics. is exponentially proportional to its volume of erupted pyroclastics.
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Transcribed Image Text:Volume
VEI
Examples
of erupted
pyroclastics
0.00001 km3
1
0.001 km3
Mono-Inyo Craters
past 5000 years
0.01 km3
3.
0.1 km3
4
1 km3
Mount St. Helens
18 May 1980
(~1 km³)
Pinatubo, 1991
(~10 km3)
10 km3
6.
Tambora, 1815
100 km3
(>100 km³)
7
Long Valley Caldera
760,000 years ago
(~600 km³)
Yellowstone Caldera
600,000 years ago
(~1000 km3)
Very large
Large Moderate
Small Non-explos
00

Transcribed Image Text:Figure 5.26The Volcanic Explosivity Index indicates relative sizes of explosive
eruptions.
Source: After USGS Volcano Hazards Program.
According to this figure, the VEI value assigned to an eruption
O is inverse exponentially proportional to its volume of erupted pyroclastics.
O is inversely proportional to its volume of erupted pyroclastics.
is directly proportional to its volume of erupted pyroclastics.
O is exponentially proportional to its volume of erupted pyroclastics.
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