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VOLCANO EXPLOSION

STRATO VOLCANO
COMPOSITE CONES
(STRATOVOLCANOES):
Cinder cone
CINDER CONE, ARIZONA.
Maars
Shield Volcano
Shield Volcanoes
Lava Domes (Volcanic Domes)
Pahoehoe: Ropy lava
Aa: Jagged lava
Vesicular basalt
Welded tuff
Lightly-compacted tuff
Poorly-welded tuff
Cretaceous lapilli tuff
PYROCLASTICS, BIG BEND
pyroclastic flow deposit
Laharic Breccia
Laharic Breccia
Conglomerate
Columnar Joints in Lava
Columnar Joints in Dyke
Bedded tuff
Pyroclastic Fall Deposit
Pyroclastic Fall Deposit
Litic tuff
Toba Tuff
Pumice (gelas)
LITIC
Palagonite tuff
basalt glass
Global Distribution of Volcanoes
Along divergent plate boundaries, such as
Oceanic Ridges or spreading centers.
In areas of continental extension (that may
become divergent plate boundaries in the
future).
Along converging plate boundaries where
subduction is occurring.
"hot spots" that are usually located in the
interior of plates, away from the plate margins.
Diverging Plate Margins
Converging Plate Margin
Hot Spots

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