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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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fire fountain
Natural environment; Volcano
Where lava from a volcanic mountain forcefully, but not explosively, erupts, causing a vertical fountain like motion.
fissures
Natural environment; Volcano
Elongated fractures or cracks on the slopes of a volcano. Fissure eruptions typically produce liquid flows, but pyroclastics may also be ejected.
flank eruption
Natural environment; Volcano
An eruption from the side of a volcano (in contrast to a summit eruption. )
formation
Natural environment; Volcano
A body of rock identified by lithic characteristics and stratigraphic position and is mappable at the earth's surface or traceable in the subsurface.
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