USGS: Volcano Hazards Program Glossary (original) (raw)
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Glossary
A
‘A‘ā
Agglutinate
Alluvium
Andesite
Ash
Ash-flow tuff
B
Back-arc basin
Basalt
Basaltic andesite
Base surge
Batholith
Benchmark
Bishop Tuff
Block and ash flow
Bomb
Breadcrust Bomb
C
Caldera
CE
Cinder cone
Cirque
Composite volcano
Coulee
Crust
Cryptodome
Cumulo-volcano
D
Dacite
Debris avalanche
Debris dam
Deformation
Diamict
Dike
Directed blast
DOAS
Dome
Drainage
E
Edifice
Effusive eruption
Ejecta
Emission
Eruption column
Explosive eruption
Extensional tectonic environment
F
Facies
Fallout
Fissure
FTIR
Fumarole
G
H
Holocene
Hydrology
Hydrothermal explosion
I
Igneous
ignimbrite
Intrusive
Isopach
K
L
Lahar
Lateral Blast
Lava
Lava flow
Lava fountain
Lava lake
Lava tube
Lithic
Littoral cone
M
Ma
Maar
Mafic
Magma
Magma chamber
Mantle
Moat
Monogenetic
O
P
Pāhoehoe
Paleomagnetic studies
Petrologic
Phreatic eruption
Phreatomagmatic eruption
Pillow lava
Pleistocene
Plinian
Postglacial
Pumice
Pyroclast
Pyroclastic flow
pyroclastic surge
Q
R
Resurgent dome
Rhyodacite
Rhyolite
S
Scoria
Sedimentary rocks
Seismic swarm
Seismic tomography
Seismicity
Shield volcano
Silica
Silicic
Sinter
Spatter cone
Stratigraphy (Stratigraphic)
Stratovolcano
Subaerial
Subduction
Submarine volcano
T
Tectonic
Tephra
Tertiary
Thermal
Tsunami
Tuff
Tumulus
U
V
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