VOLCANOS Flashcards
ACIDIC VOLCANOS
HIGH SILICA
LOW DENSITY
HIGHLY VISCOUS
CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES
LIGHT COLOR
BASIC VOLCANOES
LOW SILICA (MORE IROM & Mg)
HIGH DENSITY
HIGHLY FLUID
DIVERGENT BOUNDARIES
DARK COLOR
PLUTONIC ROCKS
COOLING OF MAGMA WITHIN THE CRUST
IGNEOUS ROCK
COOLING OF MAGMA ON THE SURFACE
FISSURE VENT
BASALTIC VOLCANOES
W/O ANY EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY
CONICAL VENT
ANDECITIC VOLCANOS
VIOLENT ERUPTION
CINDER CONE
EXTRUSIVE VOLCANIC LANDFORM
STEEP CIRCULAR OVAL-SHAPED HILL OF LOOSE PYROCLASTIC FRAGMENTS
LAVA DOME
MAGMA PILES UP AROUND VENT (EXTRUSIVE)
SILL
HORIZONTAL
DYKE
VERTICAL
LACCOLITH
DOME SHAPED
LAPOLITH
SAUCER SHAPED
PHACOLITH
LENS SHAPED (ANTICLINES AND SYNCLINES)
BATHOLITH
LARGE GRANITIC BODIES
HYALOCLASTITE
SUB AQUEOUS VOLCANISM( HIGHLY VISCOUS LAVA ERUPTS AT LESSER DEPTHS DEVELOP GLASSY MARGIN ON PILLOWS)