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1 VOLCANOES Reading: Chapter 9 Pages Review Questions 1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12

2 Mt St Helens Before

3 Hawaii

4 Kilauea

5 Low viscosity lava

6 Ash of Mt St Helens

7 Ash Bed

8 Volcanic bombs

9 Lava character

10 Kilauea spatter cone

11 Pahoehoe lava

12 MtStHelens

13 Ash of Mt. St. Helens

14 Mt St Helens After

15 Sept Volcanocam see Photo credit see

16 Pahoehoe

17 Pahoehoe

18 AA

19

20 Ash Bed

21 bomb

22 Volcanic bombs

23 Mt Hood

24 Fujiyama

25 Paricutin

26 Crater Lake

27 Kilauea Caldera

28 Shield volcano

29 Shield volcano

30 Curtain of fire

31 Lava fountain from fissure

32 Active Lava Tube

33 Paricutin

34 Cinder cones

35 Cinder cone

36 Ash from Paricutin

37 Paricutin

38 San Juan Parangaricutiro

39 Mt Etna

40 Aspects of volcano types

41 Composite cone

42 Ring of fire

43 Cascade Volcano eruptions

44 Mt Hood

45 Blasted summit of Mt. St. Helens

46 Whaleback dome in Mt. St. Helens

47 Nuee Ardente

48 Martinique Video of nuee ardente:

49

50 Lahar

51

52 Crater Lake

53 Caldera initial stage

54 Caldera final stage

55

56

57

58

59 Valles Grande

60 Flood basalt

61 Flood basalt

62 Flood basalt

63 Deccan basalt

64 Shiprock

65 Volcanic summary

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