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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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felsic

Natural environment; Volcano

An igneous rock having abundant light-colored minerals.

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. )

fluvial

Natural environment; Volcano

Produced by the action of of flowing water.

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.

fracture

Natural environment; Volcano

The manner of breaking due to intense folding or faulting.

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