Phreatic Eruption
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Effusive
Eruption
Pyroclastic
Flow
Phreatic
Eruption
Plinian
Eruption
Strombolian
Eruption
Vulcanian
Eruption
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Steam is the power behind Phreatic eruptions. Phreatic eruptions happen when water below the surface of the earth is heated by the magma in the volcano. The water can be so hot that it boils and turns to steam. During this kind of eruption steam, water, ash, blocks, and bombs can explode out of the volcano.
 

 

 

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1. USGS Volcano Photo Glossary, http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/HydroVolcEruption.html , Last visited 3-6-03