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Volcano
A vent or opening in a planet's surface that lets out pressurized molten rocks or magma, and gases from the inner core. Volcanoes come in various shapes and structure, but the most common ones are mountain-like structures with a crater at the summit.
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Pyroclastic
Natural environment; Volcano
Pertaining to fragmented (clastic) rock material formed by a volcanic explosion or ejection from a volcanic vent.
Relief
Natural environment; Volcano
The vertical difference between the summit of a mountain and the adjacent valley or plain.
Rhyodacite
Natural environment; Volcano
An extrusive rock intermediate in composition between dacite and rhyolite.
Shoshonite
Natural environment; Volcano
A trachyandesite composed of olivine and augite phenocrysts in a groundmass of labradorite with alkali feldspar rims, olivine, augite, a small amount of leucite, and some dark-colored glass. Its ...
Shield volcano
Natural environment; Volcano
A gently sloping volcano in the shape of a flattened dome and built almost exclusively of lava flows.
Tilt
Natural environment; Volcano
The angle between the slope of a part of a volcano and some reference. The reference may be the slope of the volcano at some previous time.
