- explosive and flowing (“effusive”) eruptions:
- factors that determine the eruption type, and why/how
- products and hazards of eruptions, know and describe lava flows, pyroclastic deposits, pyroclastic flows, lahars
- Lava types and their “relative” temperature, silica content & viscosity: basaltic, andesitic, rhyolitic
- The architecture of a volcano: magma chamber, vents, fissures, crater
- Volcanic Landforms:
- For each volcanic landform – caldera, shield, stratovolcano, dome, cinder cone – know the following
- geologic/tectonic setting
- why rocks melt at each setting (recall igneous processes)
- eruptive style
Why rocks melt at each setting (recall igneous processes)
