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Dacite (/ˈdeɪsaɪt/) is a
volcanic rock
formed by
rapid solidification of lava that is high in
silica and low in
alkali metal oxides. It has a fine-grained...
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although the
majority are of
intermediate composition (such as Santiaguito,
dacite-andesite,
present day). The
characteristic dome
shape is
attributed to high...
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called the
Pagosa Peak
Dacite, made of
dacite that is very
similar to that of the Fish
Canyon Tuff. The
Pagosa Peak
Dacite,
which has characteristics...
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characteristic mixture of
dacite and andesite,
while modern lava is very
diverse (ranging from
olivine basalt to
andesite and
dacite).: 214 St. Helens started...
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corner of the Long
Valley Caldera and
consists of
about 12
rhyodacite and
dacite overlapping domes.
These domes formed in a long
series of
eruptions from...
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smaller dacite domes such as the 1,100-year-old
Chaos Crags have
formed around L****en.
Phreatic (steam explosion) eruptions,
dacite and andesite...
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navigation is difficult, and a
false summit may
cause confusion.
Pagosa Peak
Dacite, a type of
pyroclastic rock that
originated in the La
Garita Caldera, is...
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erupt from the vent were hornblende-pyroxene
andesites with a
hornblende dacite dome at its summit.
Glacial erosion has
since modified its shape. The next...
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smaller dacite domes formed around L****en. The
largest of these,
Chaos Crags, is just
north of L****en Peak.
Phreatic (steam explosion) eruptions,
dacite and...
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Rhyodacite is a
volcanic rock
intermediate in
composition between dacite and rhyolite. It is the
extrusive equivalent of
those plutonic rocks that are...
