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Basalt lava with a ropy or smooth top
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Pahoehoe Flow
Natural Disasters
Magma that flows out onto the ground surface
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Magma that flows out onto the ground surface
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Lava
Fragmental material blown out of a volcano (ex. tephra, cinders, and bombs)
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Fragmental material blown out of a volcano (ex. tephra, cinders, and bombs)
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Pyroclastic
The height to which a tsunami wave rushes up onshore
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The height to which a tsunami wave rushes up onshore
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Run-up height
A particle of volcanic ash between 2mm and 6mm across
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A particle of volcanic ash between 2mm and 6mm across
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Lapilli
Rigid outer rind of Earth approximately 60-100km thick
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Rigid outer rind of Earth approximately 60-100km thick
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Lithosphere
Type of collision that forms oceanic island arc of basaltic volcanoes
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Type of collision that forms oceanic island arc of basaltic volcanoes
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Ocean-Ocean
Maximum angle of which sediment particles can stand without falling (dependent on grain size, grain angularity, moisture content)
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Maximum angle of which sediment particles can stand without falling (dependent on grain size, grain angularity, moisture content)
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Critical Angle of Repose
Point where boundaries of 3 plates meet
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Point where boundaries of 3 plates meet
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Triple Junction
Heavier sediment in a stream that is moved along the stream bed rather than in suspension
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Heavier sediment in a stream that is moved along the stream bed rather than in suspension
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Bedload