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24 Cards in this Set
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Lava
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Molten Rock above the surface
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Shield Volcano
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When Lava Oozes Basaltic Magma ( EG. Hawai Mauna Loa)
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Composite Volcano
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Cone Triangle shape. Mount fugami. Alternating layers of Ash + Dust + lava
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Pyroclastic Flow
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Gas+ Dust + Volcano Bombs. Very fast.
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Andesitic or Granatic Lava
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High in Silica, does not flow easily. Exsplovie Volcanoes
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Basaltic
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High in Iron and Magnesium . Very runny. Not high in Silica . Forms in the ocean
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Pillow Lava
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Harden then breaks breaks and then hardens . Soft as a pillow.
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Cascades
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Moutain range. Volcano Belt. Active
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KamChatka
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Eastern Siberia. Active. Very exsplosive.
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Hawaiian islands
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formed by a hot spot. Shield volcanoes and andesitic.
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Water Vapor
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Trapped Gas that sometimes gets trapped in magma
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Mt. Vesuvius
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Composite Volcano found in Italy
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Batholith
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Igneous intrusion . A maga plume that stops.
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Sill
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Igneous intrusion horizontal
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Dike
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Vertical Igneous intrusion
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Felsic
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Feldspar, quartz, grantaic volcano, shield volcanoes
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Mafic
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Magnesium + Iron basaltic volcano , shield volcano
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Cinder
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Pyroclastic medium grained pyroclastic
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Volcano Bomb
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Huge hardened rock that is shot out of a volcano
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Caldera
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When magma seeps out and it leaves a hole and then colaspes. It is often filled with water.
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Iceland
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Diverging plates with hot spots
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Sulfur Dioxide
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Gas is very harmful and when combined with water create acid
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Acidity
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Tell tale sign of volcano blowing. when gasses are combined with water acid is created.
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Mauna Loa
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best example of a shield volcano
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