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Moraine
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Depositional landform that accumulates rock servo as glacier is moved and deposition takes place along margins
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Stream discharge
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Volume of flow per unit time. Increase discharge increases kinetic energy.
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Subduction
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When two plates move toward each other which causes one plate to have to sink below the other into the earths mantle which is the colder, more dense plate.
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Magma
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Consists of molten rock, melted rock, Chrystal's, and dissolved gas
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Asthenosphere
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Part of the upper mantle just below the crust that is like plastic (soft) consisting of molten rock
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Anticlyne
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The unfold of strata that makes an arch like feature, the strata fold up towards the axis
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Pyroclastic flow
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If the eruption column collapses or material gets dense then the gas and tephra ash coming out the flank of the volcano will be at high speeds and dangerous
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