Geo next test Flashcards
Volcanic bombs
accrue after explosive eruptions and are pyroclastic material and partially molten >66mm
Lahars
Mudflows made of a mixture of liquid water and pyroclastic materials and for from rain during eruptions
Phahoehoe flows
smooth quicker ropy surface
Aa flows
blocks and fragments slow
Supervolcanos
volcanoes that erupt hundreds of square kilometers of material and produce huge calderas Ex: in yellow stone in the past 2 million years caused by a mantle plume. These leave behind calderas and change the climate by making it cooler and can lead to death.
Felsic magma
More viscous than mafic magma because felsic magma is higher in silica and is cooler because it contains more water vapor
Basalt plateaus
Fluid mafic lava erupts from long fissures then flows and overlaps
dominant gas
makes up a big part of earths atmosphere after eruptions and is water vapor
Famous calderas
Yellowstone
Crater lake oregan
Nuee ardent
hot clouds of pyroclastic materials and gas from lava domes
Volcanic explosivity index
from 0-8
measures explosive intensity of an eruption
Iceland volcano
lwas a pyroclastic eruption and left behind ash traveling far in the wind
Interpolate Volcanism
Hot spot Volcanism
Ex: Hawaiian chains which originated from a stationary mantle plume
Extinct volcanoes
haven’t erupted in many years and show no signs of future eruptions
pillow lava
bulbus interconnections masses from underwater eruption of basalt