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| − | Long-lived [[basalt | + | Long-lived [[basalt]]ic [[lava]] fountains that [[eruption|erupt]] [[spatter]], [[scoria]] or [[cinder]], and other [[tephra]] from a central vent typically build steep-sided [[cone]]s called spatter-and-cinder cones. The greatest bulk of these cones consists of spatter, but during fountaining a lava flow usually pours down one side of the cone. Eruptions that build spatter and cinder cones are much longer in duration and much more varied in intensity than those that eject only spatter to build spatter cones and [[rampart]]s.<ref>[http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/volcano_terminology.html Glossary of Volcano and Related Terminology (USGS/VHP)]</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 19:34, July 13, 2016
Long-lived basaltic lava fountains that erupt spatter, scoria or cinder, and other tephra from a central vent typically build steep-sided cones called spatter-and-cinder cones. The greatest bulk of these cones consists of spatter, but during fountaining a lava flow usually pours down one side of the cone. Eruptions that build spatter and cinder cones are much longer in duration and much more varied in intensity than those that eject only spatter to build spatter cones and ramparts.[1]