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Ch 18 Vocab Words
Term | Definition |
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volcanism | describes all the processes associated with the discharge of magma, hot fluids, and gases |
hot spot | unusually hot regions of Earth's mantle where high-temperature plumes of magma rise to the surface |
flood basalt | form when lava flows out of long cracks in Earth's crust |
fissure | long cracks on Earth |
conduit | a tube like structure that allows lava to reach the surface |
vent | opening in Earth's crust through which lava erupts and flows out onto the surface |
crater | bowl-shaped depression that form around the central cent at the summit of a volcano |
caldera | large crater, up to 50 km in diameter, that can form when the summit or side of a volcano collapses to the magma chamber during or after eruption |
shield volcano | broad volcano with gently sloping sides build by nonexplosive eruptions of basaltic lava that accumulates in layers |
cinder cone | steep-sided, generally small volcano that is built by the accumulation of tephra around the vent |
composite volcano | generally cone-shaped with concave slopes; built by violent eruptions of volcanic fragments and lav that accumulate in alternating layers |