steep-sided dome

steep-sided dome
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  • dome — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A steep sided mass of viscous (doughy) lava extruded from a volcanic vent (often circular in plane view) and spiny, rounded, or flat on top. Its surface is often rough and blocky as a result of fragmentation of …   Glossary of volcanic terms

  • volcanic dome — USGS PHOTO GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS Volcanic domes are rounded, steep sided mounds built by very viscous magma, usually either dacite or rhyolite. Such magmas are typically too viscous (resistant to flow) to move far from the vent before… …   Glossary of volcanic terms

  • volcanic dome — ▪ geology also called  Lava Dome,   any steep sided mound that is formed when lava reaching the Earth s surface is so viscous that it cannot flow away readily and accumulates around the vent. Sometimes domes are produced by repeated outpourings… …   Universalium

  • volcanic dome —    A steep sided, rounded extrusion of highly viscous lava squeezed out from a volcano, and forming a dome shaped or bulbous mass of congealed lava above and around the volcanic vent.    GG …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • lava dome — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A steep sided mass of viscous and commonly blocky lava extruded from a vent; typically has a rounded top and roughly circular outline. USGS PHOTO GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS See: volcanic dome …   Glossary of volcanic terms

  • plug dome — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY The steep sided, rounded mound formed when viscous lava wells up into a crater and is too stiff to flow away. It piles up as a dome shaped mass, often completely filling the vent from which it emerged …   Glossary of volcanic terms

  • Base Brown — Infobox Mountain Name = Base Brown Photo = Base Brown from Seathwaite.jpg Caption = Base Brown from the road to Seathwaite, near the Borrowdale Yews. Elevation = 646 metres (2,119 ft) Location = Cumbria, ENG Range = Lake District, Western Fells… …   Wikipedia

  • Peléan eruption — Pelean eruptions are a type of volcanic eruption. They can occur when viscous magma, typically of rhyolitic or andesitic type, is involved, and share some similarities with Vulcanian eruptions. The most important characteristics of a Pelean… …   Wikipedia

  • Mount Cayley volcanic field — Coordinates: 50°07′13″N 123°17′26″W / 50.12028°N 123.29056°W / 50.12028; 123.29056 …   Wikipedia

  • Mono–Inyo Craters — Coordinates: 37°53′N 119°0′W / 37.883°N 119°W / 37.883; 119 …   Wikipedia

  • Mount Edziza volcanic complex — Mount Edziza, one of the main volcanoes of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex Elevation …   Wikipedia


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