2.a - bonus types of lava may need to know Flashcards

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icelandic lava eruptions

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  • are ^ basaltic lava / persistent fissure (weakness in land) eruption
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hawaiian eruptions

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runny basaltic lava / shield volcanoes / found at hotspots

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Stombolian eruptions

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frequent gas explosions / runny lava / highly explosive / pyroclastic rocks (dangerous)

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Vulcanian eruptions

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violent gas explosions / eruption hasn’t happened for a long time so it builds up / ^ explosive

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Vesuvian eruption

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powerful blasts of gas creates ash clouds

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Plinian eruption

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gas rushes up through sticky lava and blasts ash through large explosion

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