Aerial Volcano Case Study

Aerial island is located along a convergent plate boundary between an oceanic plate and a continental plate.

When the oceanic plate converges with a continental plate, the denser oceanic plate subducts beneath the less dense continental plate.

At the point of subduction, an oceanic trench is formed.

The continental plate then buckles and folds, forming fold mountains.

Solid mantle material melts and forms magma at the subduction zone.

The magma then rises through the crust, giving rise to volcanoes and volcanic eruptions, thus forming the Aerial Volcano.

- Agriculture, which contributes to the annual export revenue of US$3.6 million, would grind to a halt if Aerial volcano erupted. As all the plots of land meant for cultivating crops

Natural landscapes like trees and rivers, particularly Boy River, Bravo River and Alpha River (as they are situated in Zones A and B) will be inevitably swept away by the pyroclastic flow. Man-made towns and districts like Bravo Town, Charlie Town and a certain part of Alpha City will be annihilated as well. - The houses in Zones A and B, namely Bravo Town, Charlie Town and a part of Alpha City will be wrecked. If the citizens there are not evacuated in time, hundreds and likely thousands will be killed or severely injured. For every kilometre square of land, there are 124.5 people and based on this information, this means that the number of people in Zones A and B make up about one third of the entire population on Aerial Island. Assuming the worst, the death toll will skyrocket and homes will be obliterated.- Aerial Island mainly relies on springs for water supplies. With half of the rivers falling in the danger Zones A and B, thus having a high chance of it being clogged up by the pyroclastic flow, there may not be enough drinkable water for all the citizens in the event of eruption. A device will be put in place to predict the date and severity of the eruption of Aerial Volcano. Tremors and earthquakes near the