08-25-2006, 03:10 PM
Hi,
Rift System: The oceanic ridges formed where tectonic plates are separating and a new crust is being created; also, their on-land counterparts.
Rift Zone: A zone of volcanic features associated with underlying dikes. The location of the rift is marked by cracks, faults, and vents.
from http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/glossary.html
There are many great sites w/info on the volcano. One of favorites: http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/main.html
The volcano is a presence to me; without it the Big island wouldn't be the Big Island. When my Mom married my Hawaiian Dad, on one of our trips over he took my sister and I hiking in the Park just after a flow had closed a road. Of course we walked on it and melted our Keds.
Now that I'm here, it doesn't worry me any more than the prospects of blizzards did the last 30 years in CO. Though just the other day, as I was riding my bike in the neighborhood (lower HPP) I happened to notice it was clear enough to see Pu'u O'o up mauka. It did give me pause, oh yeah, I thought, I'm living on an active volcano-Wow.
Rift System: The oceanic ridges formed where tectonic plates are separating and a new crust is being created; also, their on-land counterparts.
Rift Zone: A zone of volcanic features associated with underlying dikes. The location of the rift is marked by cracks, faults, and vents.
from http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/glossary.html
There are many great sites w/info on the volcano. One of favorites: http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/main.html
The volcano is a presence to me; without it the Big island wouldn't be the Big Island. When my Mom married my Hawaiian Dad, on one of our trips over he took my sister and I hiking in the Park just after a flow had closed a road. Of course we walked on it and melted our Keds.
Now that I'm here, it doesn't worry me any more than the prospects of blizzards did the last 30 years in CO. Though just the other day, as I was riding my bike in the neighborhood (lower HPP) I happened to notice it was clear enough to see Pu'u O'o up mauka. It did give me pause, oh yeah, I thought, I'm living on an active volcano-Wow.