Volcano Vocabulary List ~ A List of Volcanic TermsA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Aa'a (aa) active volcano amphibole andesite andesite porphyry anorthosite Apache tears ash ashfall (airfall) ash flow Bbasalt basalt porphyry biotite black sand blister block blowdown bomb Ccaldera central volcano cinder cone compound volcano country rocks crater Ddacite debris avalanche dike diorite dome dormant volcano dunite Eearthquake effusive eruption eruption eruption cloud extinct volcano extrusion extrusive rocks Ffault felsic felsite fire fountain fissure fumarole Ggabbro gas geothermal energy geyser granite granodiorite Hhornblende hornito hot spot volcano hummock Iigneous igneous rocks intrusive rocks Jjoint Kkipuka Llahar lapilli lava lava coil lava delta lava flow lava fountain lava lake lava tube leucite limu littoral cone Mmaar mafic magma magma chamber main vent mantle of the Earth microcline mineral molten rock monzonite mud volcano muscovite Nnature's glass nepheline Oobsidian olivine orthoclase Ppahoehoe parasitic cone Pele's hair Pele's tears peridotite phreatic eruption pillow lava pipe pit crater plagioclase plate tectonics plinian eruption plug plug dome plutonic rocks potasium feldspar pumice pyroclastic flow pyroxene pyroxenite Qquartz Rreticulite rhyolite rhyolite porpyry rift zone rim Ring of Fire rock rock cycle Sscoria seamount seismograph seismologist shield volcano sill spatter spatter cone spatter rampart spatter and cinder cone stratovolcano Strombolian eruption syenite Ttephra toe trachyte tree mold tremor tsunami tuff tuff cone tuff ring tumulus U
VVEI ~ Volcanic Explosivity Index vent vesicle viscosity volcanic arc volcanic breccia volcanic cone volcanic dome volcanic tuff volcano volcanologist volcanology (vulcanolgy) Vulcan Vulcanian eruption WWyoming, United States X Y Z
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