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Volcano Vocabulary List ~ A List of Volcanic Terms

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Note: Most of the important words used to describe volcanoes are on this list.

Do not feel that you need to know what each word means. After you read up on volcanoes for a while, you will find that you recognize more & more words.
This list is alphabetical. It is not a glossary because it does not give you the definitions. It does give you the proper spelling of the words used when describing volcanoes.
This list does not have hyperlinks. That means that clicking on the names will not take you to more information. The list is here for you to use as a checklist to see how many of them you recognize or as a place to find interesting words to look up.
When you do a Web Search type the word "volcano" and then copy & paste a word from the list below into the Search Box. It is likely that you will find some web sites with interesting information and pictures.

Google Web Canada

Google Image Search

Google News Canada
Find out more information by looking up information in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia

Color Key: Igneous Rocks Minerals of Igneous Rocks Volcano Terms

A

a'a (aa)

active volcano

amphibole

andesite

andesite porphyry

anorthosite

Apache tears

ash

ashfall (airfall)

ash flow

B

basalt

basalt porphyry

biotite

black sand

blister

block

blowdown

bomb

C

caldera

central volcano

cinder cone

compound volcano

country rocks

crater

D

dacite

debris avalanche

dike

diorite

dome

dormant volcano

dunite

E

earthquake

effusive eruption

eruption

eruption cloud

extinct volcano

extrusion

extrusive rocks

F

fault

felsic

felsite

fire fountain

fissure

fumarole

G

gabbro

gas

geothermal energy

geyser

granite

granodiorite

H

hornblende

hornito

hot spot volcano

hummock

I

igneous

igneous rocks

intrusive rocks

J

joint

K

kipuka

L

lahar

lapilli

lava

lava coil

lava delta

lava flow

lava fountain

lava lake

lava tube

leucite

limu

littoral cone

M

maar

mafic

magma

magma chamber

main vent

mantle of the Earth

microcline

mineral

molten rock

monzonite

mud volcano

muscovite

N

nature's glass

nepheline

O

obsidian

olivine

orthoclase

P

pahoehoe

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

Q

quartz

R

reticulite

rhyolite

rhyolite porpyry

rift zone

rim

Ring of Fire

rock

rock cycle

S

scoria

seamount

seismograph

seismologist

shield volcano

sill

spatter

spatter cone

spatter rampart

spatter and cinder cone

stratovolcano

Strombolian eruption

syenite

T

tephra

toe

trachyte

tree mold

tremor

tsunami

tuff

tuff cone

tuff ring

tumulus

U

V

VEI ~ Volcanic Explosivity Index

vent

vesicle

viscosity

volcanic arc

volcanic breccia

volcanic cone

volcanic dome

volcanic tuff

volcano

volcanologist

volcanology (vulcanolgy)

Vulcan

Vulcanian eruption

W

Wyoming, United States