It is thus hardly surprisingly that the neoliberal capitalist order has given rise to a âGreat U-Turn,â an amazing growth in the spread between rich and poor that has accumulated in the course of the past 35 years largely as a result of sharp distortions that have taken place in the real economy.
The latest eruptions in the islands were in June 3rd 2008 when Cerro Azul on Isabela Island sent up a 60mts high lava fountain and as recently as April 2009 on Fernandina Island. There has been around 13 volcanic eruptions in the Galapagos Islands in the last 100 years. The Galapagos Archipelago is a chain of islands.
The Surtsey Eruption 1963-1967. The Surtsey eruption is among the longest eruptions to have occurred in Iceland in historical times. The first sign of an eruption came early in the morning of November 14, 1963, at a site approximately 18 km southwest of Heimaey, the largest of the Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands). total of 1.1 kmÂ³ of volcanic products arose from the Surtsey eruption, of which 60-70% were tephra and 30-40% lava. In many respects the Surtsey eruption is comparable to eruptions that led to the formation of hyaloclastite (palagonite) mountains in Iceland during the Ice Age.