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type of volcanic eruption that produces a large amount of fluid lava that surges from the volcan's vent
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Hawaiian eruption
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large depression at top of a shield volcano
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crater
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kind of volcano formed by alternating layers of fluid lava and tephra
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composite volcano
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volcanoes that have not erupted in recorded history and which are unlikely to ever erupt
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extinct
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kind of volcano formed by eruptions composed mostly of tephra or small fragments of solidified lava
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cinder cone volcano
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large bowl shaped depression formed when an underground magma chamber caves in
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calderas
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melted rock
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magma
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molten rock that has reached the earth's surface
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lava
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volcano which has erupted many years ago but is still thought capable of erupting
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dormant
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holes or cracks serving as escape vents for underground gases
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fumaroles
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