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shield volcano
This slow and gradual accumulation of thin layers of lava build up over long periods of time, forming a long ... fluid lava continue unimpeded by the weight of overlying seawater, the runny nature of the liquid lava continues to build wide mountains with long, gentle slopes. Basalt lava ... flows across the ground easily and can form lava tubes that enable lava to flow tens of kilometers from an erupting ...
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Volcanoes--Forces of Nature--Science, Maps, Photos, Video (National Geographic)
Low amounts of silica lead to less viscous magma. Often, low-viscosity magma lets dissolving gases escape to the surface, and the erupting lava is more fluid ... hard pyroclastic material; explosively with primarily fluid lava (lava fountains); nonexplosively, with thicker, more solid flows; and effusively, with highly fluid lava. Volcanoes typically alternate between short active ...
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Forces of Nature--Natural Disaster Fast Facts (National Geographic)
Earth. Magma rises and erupts as lava through cracks in the Earth's surface, forming volcanoes. An eruption begins when magma ... explosively with hard pyroclastic material; explosively with fluid lava (lava fountains); effusively with hard pyroclastic flows (clouds of ash and gases); and effusively with fluid lava. Although some volcanoes are considered extinct, ...
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Groundwater Glossary: The Groundwater Foundation
Darcy's Law forms the scientific basis of fluid permeability used in earth science. Depletion: The loss of water from surface water reservoirs or ... rocks can hold water, including: sedimentary deposits (sand and gravel), channels in carbonate rocks (limestone), lava tubes or cooling fractures in igneous rocks, and fractures in hard rocks. Water cycle: See ...
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Mount St. Helens, Washington, USGS Prof. Paper 1250, p. 461-478, 1981. Kieffer, S.W., Fluid dynamics of the May 18 blast at Mount St. Helens, in Lipman P.W. and ... ., Pearson, T., and Bonis, S.B., Nuée ardente eruption from the foot of a dacite lava flow, Santiaguito Volcano, Guatemala: Bull. Volc., v. 40, p. 1-16, 1977. Rose, W.I ...
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NGDC Natural Hazards Shield Volcano Poster
Shield volcanoes, built almost entirely of lava flows, occur at mid-ocean ridges and hot spots. They have gentle topographic profiles and the lava is fluid. Lava fountains and flows may be spectacular. The ...
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