Very cool! I had no idea that Myanmar had a volcano! Maybe you can do a video on any other volcanoes in that region - Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and any other volcanoes in Myanmar. That would be great!
It’s similarity is obvious, I mean it was the north slope and everything. Really feels like almost the exact same eruption, although it’s smaller than what Saint Helens did.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing! I don't remember if you've done a video on the Tengchong volcanic field in China's neighboring Yunnan provice but I'd be interested in that and if it's related to the volcanism here.
Hello @GeologyHub, I hope you are well?. I've noticed a bit of an Earthquake Swarm off the coast of Northern California, is this ,in your opinion anything to be worried about for the people who live on the west coast ? They are ringing in at around 4 to 5 in magnitude. Thanks for all your amazing work Timothy.
@RedRoseSeptember22 hi , yes I know , but I was just wondering why there's been such a large number in quite a small area,in only a few days.. it seems a bit suspicious. I was thinking is it submarine volcanic activities or pressure releasing along the fault..
Interesting! This makes me wonder, with the Indian plate slamming into the Asian plate, why weren’t there more volcanoes seen along the line of the Asian plate where it was in contact??🤔
Most collision related volcanism happens where an oceanic plate is subducted by a continental plate. The collision of India and Asia is a case of two continental plates meeting, so instead of subduction, it's more like two cars colliding, pushing up the Himalayas and other highlands as the "crumple zone" between them.
While what the posts here say is largely true I should not that the seismic profiles surprisingly indicate that the active fault boundary of the Himalayas is surprisingly still configured as a subduction zone with the continental section of the crust piling up underneath Eurasia rather than sinking with the Oceanic crust. In that sense I would note that it is likely the thickness of the crust as a result of the compression of more buoyant continental crust which is likely the biggest factor in play at least it is within the Himalayas proper which altogether mean magmatic intrusions normally stall out before they can ever reach the surface. Occasionally they can still reach the surface which is how the volcanoes mostly highly siliceous monogenic volcanic fields but also a few stratovolcanoes the last confirmed eruption of which was in the 1940's on the Tibetan side of the Himalayas. Similar reasons are likely why parts of the Andes have very few volcanoes unlike the rest of the chain as the crust beneath much of the Andes is extremely thick compared to a typical subduction archipelago. At least some of this is likely a consequence of South America during the Miocene plowing into the southern end of the early Mesozoic analog of the ring of fire which was a complex network of oceanic subduction arcs. On that note based on the new emerging model for the Rocky mountain formation (i.e. as a continental collision between North America and a major volcanic archipelago complex) you likely has a similar situation before the abrupt transition from compression to extension 50 Ma(probably because NA started to subduct the East Pacific Rise and Siletzia which would have at the time have been the Iceland of the Pacific) the resulting pile up of deep batholiths during that compressional stage would then be released feeding the powerful siliceous eruptions that followed the shift to extension with the volcanic center moving south as NA continued to cross the EPR. Much of the details there are still blurry but trapped magma beneath thick crust was likely a core component and so if/when either of these ranges were to pass over the ridge a similar large ignimbrite flare up event might be expected.
The time of this eruption was on the border of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic ages. Human tribes building the beginnings of organized civilization were widespread around the world by that time, no doubt including Burma, but population density was almost certainly very low.
The name of the country is Burma. The only people who call it Myanmar are the generals/ military dictators who toppled the democratic government of Aung San Suchi.
Thanks for all your great and factual content. ❤
Very cool! I had no idea that Myanmar had a volcano!
Maybe you can do a video on any other volcanoes in that region - Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and any other volcanoes in Myanmar. That would be great!
These are my favorite kinds of videos. A volcano in a place I didn’t know had them. And and explanation of how it formed ❤️
Thanks as always! I did not know Myanmar had volcanoes!
And to think we all thought an eruption triggered by a landslide was unusual in 1980 when Mt. St, Helens erupted.
Fun fact: There are also mud volcanoes in the country near the town of Minbu!
There are in Sicily Island also mud volcanoes and not only Mt. Etna.
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Well, Indonesie has the largest mud volcano in the world.
It's interesting; One moment, Mt. St. Helens is the Mt Fuji of the PNW (Pacific Northwest), the next, it becomes the PNW's Mt Popa.
Thanks for all of your hard work man!
Wow. Myanmar had its own Holocene Mt. Saint Helens
That's what I was thinking!
When I saw the diagram of the lateral blast, I thought the same thing!
It’s similarity is obvious, I mean it was the north slope and everything. Really feels like almost the exact same eruption, although it’s smaller than what Saint Helens did.
We are learning that what happened at Mt St Helens in 1980 is quite a common occurrence with stratovolcanoes!
Very interesting, thanks for sharing! I don't remember if you've done a video on the Tengchong volcanic field in China's neighboring Yunnan provice but I'd be interested in that and if it's related to the volcanism here.
This eruption really reminds the eruption from Mt. St. Helen's in 1980.
Ah yes 43 years of trauma for one of my famliy members
Show of hands: who didn't even know this volcano existed until this video? (raises hand)
Hello @GeologyHub, I hope you are well?. I've noticed a bit of an Earthquake Swarm off the coast of Northern California, is this ,in your opinion anything to be worried about for the people who live on the west coast ? They are ringing in at around 4 to 5 in magnitude. Thanks for all your amazing work Timothy.
There are many active fault lines along the west coast, I wouldn't be worried about anything unless a really big quake happens.
@RedRoseSeptember22 hi , yes I know , but I was just wondering why there's been such a large number in quite a small area,in only a few days.. it seems a bit suspicious. I was thinking is it submarine volcanic activities or pressure releasing along the fault..
I find it interesting that the area is all fertile fields. It seems as though the volcano is trolling humans to get closer.
Interesting! This makes me wonder, with the Indian plate slamming into the Asian plate, why weren’t there more volcanoes seen along the line of the Asian plate where it was in contact??🤔
It seems all direct compression instead of one plate diving under the other. A head-on collision of sub continents.
Most collision related volcanism happens where an oceanic plate is subducted by a continental plate. The collision of India and Asia is a case of two continental plates meeting, so instead of subduction, it's more like two cars colliding, pushing up the Himalayas and other highlands as the "crumple zone" between them.
While what the posts here say is largely true I should not that the seismic profiles surprisingly indicate that the active fault boundary of the Himalayas is surprisingly still configured as a subduction zone with the continental section of the crust piling up underneath Eurasia rather than sinking with the Oceanic crust.
In that sense I would note that it is likely the thickness of the crust as a result of the compression of more buoyant continental crust which is likely the biggest factor in play at least it is within the Himalayas proper which altogether mean magmatic intrusions normally stall out before they can ever reach the surface. Occasionally they can still reach the surface which is how the volcanoes mostly highly siliceous monogenic volcanic fields but also a few stratovolcanoes the last confirmed eruption of which was in the 1940's on the Tibetan side of the Himalayas.
Similar reasons are likely why parts of the Andes have very few volcanoes unlike the rest of the chain as the crust beneath much of the Andes is extremely thick compared to a typical subduction archipelago. At least some of this is likely a consequence of South America during the Miocene plowing into the southern end of the early Mesozoic analog of the ring of fire which was a complex network of oceanic subduction arcs.
On that note based on the new emerging model for the Rocky mountain formation (i.e. as a continental collision between North America and a major volcanic archipelago complex) you likely has a similar situation before the abrupt transition from compression to extension 50 Ma(probably because NA started to subduct the East Pacific Rise and Siletzia which would have at the time have been the Iceland of the Pacific) the resulting pile up of deep batholiths during that compressional stage would then be released feeding the powerful siliceous eruptions that followed the shift to extension with the volcanic center moving south as NA continued to cross the EPR. Much of the details there are still blurry but trapped magma beneath thick crust was likely a core component and so if/when either of these ranges were to pass over the ridge a similar large ignimbrite flare up event might be expected.
I love that this think is just in the middle of no where, sticks out on satellite so much
As a Burmese, I didn't know it is an active volcano until now. The schools usually taught Mt. Popa is an inactive volcano.
Just when I thought I knew where all the volcanoes were 😅
They were very good at peek-a-boo...
So Myanmar's very own Mt Saint Helens
You zoomed into Lower Chindwin, I'm assuming there will be a future video about that volcano too?
I wonder how populated was burma around this time.
The time of this eruption was on the border of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic ages. Human tribes building the beginnings of organized civilization were widespread around the world by that time, no doubt including Burma, but population density was almost certainly very low.
Look like my most near Volcano, but difficult to reach as of the country problems.
The name of the country is Burma. The only people who call it Myanmar are the generals/ military dictators who toppled the democratic government of Aung San Suchi.
So it would of been very similar to mount st Helens..
Myanmar also has alot of mud volcanoes
Thanks 🙏
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Thanks.
Looks like Mount Meru in Tanzania.
Let's talk about past volcanic activity in Nebraska. It will be a short and uninteresting talk, since there have never been any volcanoes in Nebraska.
Two things one he's describing mt st Helen's two do mt vesuvius
Other channels have already covered Vesuvius in detail.
Wow, never knew about this! I guess it is worth also preparing for earthquakes there as well.
Nossa perigoso 😢
Please do Vesuvius or Alban hills 🫶🏻
Other channels have already covered Vesuvius in detail.
Look back through his videos. He has already covered both, I think multiple times.
@@nortyfiner it got deleted because of copyright