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Tsunami_Volcanos
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Geology
Undergraduate 4
10/01/2013

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Flood Basalt
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A broad expanse basalt lava cooled to fill in low lying areas of the landscape
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Resurgent Dome
Definition
A bulge in a caldera where magma rose and which may or mat not develop into a new volcano
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Crater
Definition
A depression created as ash blasts out of a volcano.
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Debris Avalanche
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A fast moving avalanche or rockfall of loose debris flows out a considerable distance from its original source; often very destructive
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Mudflow
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A flow of mud and rocks, and water dominated by clay, or mud-sized particles.
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Palean Eruprtion
Definition
A large ash rich eruption that produces pyroclastic flows
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Lava Dome
Definition
A large bulge or protrusion, either extremely viscus or solid on the outside and pushed up by magma.
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Caldera
Definition
A large depression, generally more than 1 kilometer across in the summit of a volcano and formed by collapse into the under lying magma chamber.
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Stratovolcano
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A large steep-sided volcano consisting of layers of as, fragment debris, and lava; Aka Composite volcano.
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Pyroclastic Flow
Definition
A mixture of hot volcanic, coarse Particles, and steam that pours at high velocity down the flank of a volcano, aka nuee ardente or ash flow
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Volcano
Definition
A mountain formed by volcanic eruption
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Sedimentary Rock
Definition
A rock deposited from particles in water, ice, or air. ex sandstone, shale, and limestone.
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Tuff
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A rock formed by consolidation of volcanic ash
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Volcanic Explosion Index
Definition
A scale of volcanic eruption violence based on volume, height, and duration of an eruption.
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Cinder Cone
Definition
A small Steep-sided volcano consisting of basaltic cinders
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Volcanian Eruption
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A style of volcanic eruption that is more violent than strombolian and less violent than pelean.
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Lahar
Definition
A volcanic mudlfow
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Phreatic Eruptions
Definition
A volcano eruption dominated by steam
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Vog
Definition
An acidic volcanic smog produced when volcanic gases react with moisture and oxygen in the air, and Sun, to produce aerosols.
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Rift Zone
Definition
An elongate spreading zone in the earths lithosphere.
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Shield Volcano
Definition
An extremely large basalt lava volcano with gently sloping sides, such as those in Hawaii.
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Andesite
Definition
An intermetiate colored, fine grained volcanic rock. It has a silica content of 60%. Intermediate viscosity and forms sow moving lavas, fragments & volcanic ash.
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Hotspot Volcano
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An isolated volcano, typically not on a lithospheric plate boundary, but lying above a plume
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Pahoehoe
Definition
Basalt lava, with a ropy or smooth top
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Pillow Basalt
Definition
Basalt that flows into water or wet mud chills on its outside surfaces to form elongate rounded fingers of basalt, a meter across
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Basalt
Definition
Black or dark colored fine grained volcanic rock. It has a silica content of 50 % and low viscosity and can flow down slope rapidly.
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A-A
Definition
Blocky basalt flow with a ragged clinkery surface
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Volatiles
Definition
Dissolved gas in a volcano
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Plilian Eruption
Definition
Extremely large volcanic eruptions that involve continuous blasts of ash. Ex Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and Mount St Helens 1980
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Pyroclastic Material
Definition
Fragment material blown out of a volcano; Ex Ash, Cinders, and Bombs.
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Strombolian Eruption
Definition
Frequent mild eruptions of basalt or andesite cinders, typically forming a cinder cone.
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Precursors
Definition
Harmonic earthquake tremors, changes in ground surface level, changes in eruptive gases.
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Surge
Definition
High-speed ash-rich shock wave
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Magma Chamber
Definition
Large masses of molten magma that rises through the earths crust, often erupting at the surface to build a volcano
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Continental Caldera
Definition
Large rhyolite volcanoes characterized by their high volatile content, but having gently sloping flanks
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Lava Flow
Definition
Lava that spills out of a volcano and flows down its sides
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Lava
Definition
Magma that flows out onto ground surface
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Harmonic Tremor
Definition
Rhythmic shaking of the ground that often accompanies magma movement under a volcano.
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Metamorphic
Definition
Rocks if any kind that have been changed by heat or pressure
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Submarine landslide
Definition
Sub-sea level collapse of sediment and rock, such as the flank of an oceanic volcano; ex Hawaii or the canary islands.
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What are the tectonic settings of magmatisum
Definition
Subduction Zones, Continental Rifts Zones
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What are the various melting mechanisms
Definition
Tempeture, Decreased pressure, water
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Tsunami Watch
Definition
The Alert issued when a magnitude 7 or larger earthquakes is detected somewhere around the pacific ocean or some other ocean that may see dangerous tsunamis.
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Run Up
Definition
The Height to which water at the leading edge of a wind wave or tsunami rushes up onto shore
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Wavelength
Definition
The distance from crest to crest.
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Trimline
Definition
The line along a mountainside along which tall trees in the forest up slope are bounded by distinctly shorter trees down slope; sometimes indicating tsunami damage.
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Coastal Bulge
Definition
The reagion above a subduction zone in which the over lying continental plate flexes upward before slip on the subduction zone causes a major earthquake.
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Viscosity
Definition
The resistance flow of a fluid because of internal friction.
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Paleovolcanology
Definition
The study of former volcanic events from examination of former volcanic deposits
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Period
Definition
The time between water waves
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What are two examples of two U.S. convergent Boundaries
Definition
Washington, Oregon
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Volcanic Weather
Definition
Weather generated during a volcanic eruption. high temp above an erupting volcano draws the outside air that rises and cools. moisture in the air condenses to form rain & stormy weather.
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Tsunami Warning
Definition
When a significant tsunami is identified, officials order evacuation on endangered low lying coast.
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Rhyolite
Definition
a light colored fine-grained volcanic rock. has a silica content of 70% and high viscosity. It generally erupts as volcanic ash and fragments.
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Tsunami
Definition
an abnormal long wave length produced by sudden displacement of water in response to sudden fault movement on the seafloor; can also form a landslide volcanic eruption, or asteroid impact.
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Plutonic Rocks
Definition
distinctly grainy igneous rock that solidified slowly below the earths surface. it contrasts with volcanic rock that are fine-grained and solidified rapidly at the surface.
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Volcanic Rock
Definition
fine-grained and solidified rapidly at the surface.
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Magama
Definition
molten rock
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Igneous
Definition
rocks that crystallize from molten magma either within earth as plutonic rock.
(ex. granite & gabro)or at the surface as volcanic rock ex Rhyolite, Andesite, and Basalt
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Melting temperature
Definition
temperature at which a rock metls; Granite 700-900C, Basalt 1200-1400C
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