volcanology, a lava dome is a circular, mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano. Dome-building eruptions...
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lava spines, lava domes or "coulees" (which are thick, short lava flows). The lavas typically fragment as they extrude, producing block lava flows. These...
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Mount St. Helens (redirect from Goat Rocks dome)
future eruptions will be more destructive, as the configuration of the lava domes requires more pressure to erupt. However, Mount St. Helens is a popular...
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Group, composed of stratovolcanoes and lava domes Niseko Volcanic Group, composed of stratovolcanoes and lava domes Oshima-Ōshima Mount Rausu, stratovolcano...
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Puy de Dôme (US: /ˌpwiː də ˈdoʊm/, French: [pɥi də dom] ) is a lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central...
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with a 10-metre-wide (33 ft) and 15-metre-high (50 ft) volcanic neck. A lava dome may crop out inside the caldera. Radial fissure vents are found around...
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Lassen Peak (category Pleistocene lava domes)
LASS-ən), commonly referred to as Mount Lassen, is a 10,457 ft (3,187 m) lava dome volcano in Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California. Located...
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Starting in October 2004 and ceasing in January 2008, a new lava dome was built up. The new dome did not rise above the rim of the crater created by the 1980...
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Mono–Inyo Craters (redirect from Obsidian Dome)
The Mono–Inyo Craters are a volcanic chain of craters, domes and lava flows in Mono County, Eastern California. The chain stretches 25 miles (40 km) from...
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22°30′S 66°15′W / 22.500°S 66.250°W / -22.500; -66.250 Chinchillas is a lava dome complex in the northern Puna of the Andes, in the Sierra de Rinconada...
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