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可编辑文档 PAGE 页码页码/NUMPAGES 总页数总页数 The Spectacular Eruption of Mount St. Helens A The eruption in May 1980 of Mount St. Helens, Washington State, astounded the world with its violence. A gigantic explosion tore much of the volcanos summit to fragments; the energy released was equal to that of 500 of the nuclear bombs that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945. B The event occurred along the boundary of two of the moving plates that make up the Earths crust. They meet at the junction of the North American continent and the Pacific Ocean. One edge of the continental North American plate over-rides the oceani