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