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jagged chunks of lava formed by rapid cooling on the surface of a lava
flow |
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large basin-shaped depression formed when an explosion destroys the
upper part of a volcanic cone or when the magma chamber below a volcano is emptied during an eruption |
caldera
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steep-sloped deposit of solid fragments ejected from a
volcano ( |
cinder-cone
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also called stratovolcano, steep-sloped volcanic deposit
with alternating layers of hardened lava flows and pyroclastic materials |
compostie volcano
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funnel-shaped pit at the top of a volcanic cone
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crater
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silica-rich lava
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felsic-lava
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crack in a rock surface through which lava flows
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fissures
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area of volcanism within a lithospheric plate
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hot spot
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liquid rock produced deep inside the Earth
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magam
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solidified mafic lava with a wrinkled surface
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pahoehoe
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lava that flows out of fissures on the ocean floor and cools rapidly
in rounded shapes |
pillow lava
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as a cone of hardened lava that forms a broad base and gentle
slopes |
shield volcano
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opening through which molten rock flows onto the Earth’s surface
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vent
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the largest possible pyroclastic material that is formed from
solid rock blasted from a volcanic fissure |
volcanic block
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any activity that includes the movement of magma toward or onto the
Earth’s surface |
volcanoism
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