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Volcanic rocks (often
shortened to
volcanics in
scientific contexts) are
rocks formed from lava
erupted from a volcano. Like all rock types, the concept...
- fragments. A
tuffite consists of
angular and/or
rounded fragments of
effusive rocks and
their minerals, and may also
contain volcanic ash, pumice, and clay...
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consisting of m****ive
effusive rocks made up of
basaltic sheets separated by
volcanic ashes and tuffs,
mixed with
terrigenous rocks with
layers of coal...
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Geology Orogeny Alpine orogeny Rock type(s) Granite, gneiss,
sedimentary and
effusive rocks...
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characterized as
either explosive eruptions,
sudden ejections of rock and ash, or
effusive eruptions,
relatively gentle outpourings of lava. A
separate list is given...
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rhyolitic magma extremely viscous. This
favors explosive eruptions over
effusive eruptions, so this type of
magma is more
often erupted as
pyroclastic rock...
- Goat
Rocks is an
extinct stratovolcano in the
Cascade Range,
located between Mount Rainier and
Mount Adams in
southern Washington, in the
United States...
- Fan in the
northwest and the
Little Fan in the southeast.
Composed of
effusive rocks at
heights of up to 1,400 m (4,600 ft)
which are
covered by a Cretaceous...
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because it is
characteristic of
Hawaiian volcanoes.
Typically they are
effusive eruptions, with
basaltic magmas of low viscosity, low
content of gases...
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between the
African and the
Eurasian Plates produced a huge
amount of
effusive rocks, now
mostly represented by
peridotites and serpentinites. The peculiar...
