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Natural Disasters By: Patrick L. Abbott
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Chapter 6 Volcanoes
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Overview zAnatomy of an Eruption zChemical and Mineral Composition of Magmas zTemperature, Gas Content, and Viscosity of Magmas zVolcanic Landforms zEruptive Styles zCollapse Calderas
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Anatomy of an Eruption zSprings zGeysers zHow a Geyser Erupts yPores zHow a Volcano Erupts yViscosity
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Chemical and Mineral Composition of Magmas zMinerals zCrystallization zRocks zPlutonic rocks zVolcanic rocks
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Chemical and Mineral Composition of Magmas (cont.) zVolcanic Materials yPyroclastic yPahoehoe yaa yPillow lava yObsidian yPumice
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Temperature, Gas Content, and Viscosity of Magmas zBasalt zAndesite zRhyolite
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Volcanic Landforms zSills zDikes zCinder Cones (Basaltic to Andesitic) yVolcanic plug zStratovolcanoes (Andesitic to Rhyolitic) yComposite volcanoes zShield Volcanoes (Basaltic)
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Eruptive Styles zIcelandic-type yFissures yLava Flows of 1973 zHawaiian-type zStrombolian-type zVolcanian-type
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Eruptive Styles (cont.) zVesuvian-type yVesuvius, 79 C.E. yPyroclastic flows yLahars zPlinian-type yPlinian eruption zPelean-type
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Collapse Calderas zCrater Lake (Mount Mazama), Oregon yCaldera zKrakatau, Indonesia, 1883 zSantorini and the Lost Continent of Atlantis
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