Krakatoa Research Paper

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August, 27 1883. The day the world exploded. This single volcanic eruption is considered the most powerful eruption in the past 200 years. Explosions four times as powerful as the Tsar Bomba. Ash, Lava, and water everywhere. Waves 140 feet high. Krakatoa is still erupting every few years to this day.
A long time ago (1883) ... On an island far far away (Indonesia) … Eruptions! Krakatoa erupted four times that fateful night. The fourth one being the biggest eruption ever erupted or experienced by modern man. Edward Munch was a famous painter for his painting “The Scream.” He got his inspiration for “The Scream” from Krakatoa. One ship called Berouw was carried two miles inland by tsunamis caused by krakatoas eruption.
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Our Project is over a volcano in Indonesia named Krakatoa, or Krakatau. Krakatoa is a cinder cone volcano that formed at around 416 A.D. Each time Krakatoa erupted, some of It and sometimes some of it’s island gets blown off or eroded due to the massive explosion. This would be an example of wind abrasion erosion because ash, and other pyroclastic flow material are impacting against the volcano, eroding some of the volcano’s crater causing Krakatoa to lose elevation. In the eruption of 1883 August…

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