ITT we raid my professor into not raping my GPA right before finals
Basically I need to write an essay on "supervolcanoes" and it must fill the following requirements:
Title page (see your topic below)
Abstract
4 pages minimum of text (does not include title page, abstract, table(s) and figures)
3 figures/tables/illustrations (cited with a description)
12 point font
Pages numbered
Double-spaced
In text citation required
Do not use the author(s)’ word for word text (i.e., NO QUOTATION MARKS) regardless
of the information that needs to be presented.
At least 2 references from scientific journals (i.e., you may not cite any Wikipedia article)
Here is an outline I made in google docs. The actual thing will be written in "authorship" though
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erm okay so basically
>intro paragraph
>some paragraphs about the regular types of volcanoes
Four types: shield, composite, lava dome & cinder (got this from google images)
1000 are active (source 1)
Eruption types: hawaiian, strombolian (source 1)
Most volcanoes only spit up smallish bits of lava, triggered by semi molten magma straining its earth chamber until it cracks open (magma replenishment) (source 2)
Despite the VEI being at 8 minimum for supervolcanoes, VEIs as low as 5 can be considered extinction level events (source 5)
>some paragraphs about the super volcanoes
Only 20 exist (source 1)
No one has ever seen one erupt (source 1)
It would be unimaginable if one did, and cause global climate change (the year without summer) (source 1)
Young toba tuff super eruption (source 1)
Super volcanoes have a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 8 or above (all of them, but source 5 in particular)
Scientists try to understand supervolcanoes through geologic processes like plate tectonics (source 5)
If one erupted, we would know for a while in advance (sources 1 and 5)
The term “supervolcano” was coined by F.M. Beyers Jr when describing Edwin T Hodge’s report on an alleged volcano called Mount Multnomah in the early 1900s (source 5)
It was not popularized until the year 2000 by BBC when describing large amounts of ejecta, and is only used by scientists when talking to normies (source 5)
>conclusion paragraph. Have actually say something other than repeating the essay you just read
Sources:
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-a-supervolcano.html
https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0106/Supervolcano-eruptions-are-different-from-ordinary-eruptions-say-scientists#:~:text=Your%20email%20address-,Supervolcano%20eruptions%20are%20different%20from%20ordinary%20eruptions%2C%20say%20scientists,process%20known%20as%20magma%20replenishment.
https://bostonuncovered.com/geologists-find-massive-super-volcano-new-england/#:~:text=How%20is%20a%20super%20volcano,it%20is%20a%20distant%20relative.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Super_volcano_versus_volcano_what_is_the_difference
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/science/supervolcano
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-a-supervolcano-what-a-supereruption#:~:text=examples%20of%20supervolcanoes?-,What%20are%20some%20examples%20of%20supervolcanoes?,%2C%20and%20other%20areas…
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you WILL NOT use AI
you WILL take this seriously and not put anything that may lower my grade
you WILL use the main sources I found and consult me for approval if you use another source
Anyone who actually helps will get a drawing or something. Anyone who fucks this up will get a 3 month ban for derailing this "raid"