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ES EMAP Chapter 6
Volcanoes
Term | Definition |
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Volcano | An opening in the earth that erupts gases, ash, and lava |
Crater | Steep-walled depression around a volcano's vent |
Vent | An opening in the earth through which gases, ash, and lava erupt |
Hot Spot | Areas between the earth's mantle and core that are unusually hot |
Basaltic | Refers to magma low in silicate materials. It is usually thin and flows easily |
Granitic | Refers to magma high in silicate materials. It is usually thick and flows only with difficulty |
Shield Volcano | A broad volcano with gently sloping sides |
Tephra | Bits of rock solidified from lava ejected into the air |
Cinder Cone Volcano | A steep-sided, loosely packed volcano |
Composite Volcano | A volcano with alternating layers of tephra and lava flows |
Krakatau | Island cinder cone in Indonesia. Violent eruption in 1883 caused global temperature to drop by 1.5 degrees. |
Paricutin | Cinder cone in Mexico. Cinder cone grew in farmers field and eventually covered neighboring towns and villages |
Vesuvius | Composite cone in Italy. Eruption in 79 A.D. buried the city of Pompeii. |
Tambora | Island composite cone in Indonesia. Most violent eruption in recorded history. Violent eruption in 1815 caused "volcanic winter", resulting in the worst famine of the 1800's. |
Kilauea | Shield cone of Hawaii |
Laccolith | A dome-shaped pluton, made from viscous magma injected between strata of rock near the surface |
Pluton | A body of intrusive igneous rock |
Batholith | Extremely large pluton formed deep within the earth when large volumes of magma cool |
Dike | Pluton formed from magma cross-cut through existing rock layers |
Sill | Flat pluton formed when magma is injected between existing rock strata |
Strata | Rock layers |
Neck | Pluton formed from magma in a vent cooling |
Caldera | A large depression caused by the collapse of the top of a volcano |