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  2. Types of volcanic eruptions - Wikipedia

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    Volcanoes known to have Hawaiian activity include: Puʻu ʻŌʻō, a parasitic cinder cone located on Kilauea on the island of Hawaiʻi which erupted continuously from 1983 to 2018. The eruptions began with a 6 km (4 mi)-long fissure-based "curtain of fire" on 3 January 1983. These gave way to centralized eruptions on the site of Kilauea's east ...

  3. Volcanology - Wikipedia

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    Volcanology advances have required more than just structured observation, and the science relies upon the understanding and integration of knowledge in many fields including geology, tectonics, physics, chemistry and mathematics, with many advances only being able to occur after the advance had occurred in another field of science.

  4. Category:VEI-6 eruptions - Wikipedia

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    Volcanic eruptions that rated 6 on the volcanic explosivity index. Such eruptions release a tephra volume of at least 10 km 3 (2.4 cu mi) with profound long-term effects on the surrounding area and noticeable short-term effects on global climate.

  5. Timeline of volcanism on Earth - Wikipedia

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    Active volcanoes such as Stromboli, Mount Etna and Kīlauea do not appear on this list, but some back-arc basin volcanoes that generated calderas do appear. Some dangerous volcanoes in "populated areas" appear many times: Santorini six times, and Yellowstone hotspot 21 times.

  6. Volcanic rock - Wikipedia

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    Volcanic rocks (often shortened to volcanics in scientific contexts) are rocks formed from lava erupted from a volcano. Like all rock types, the concept of volcanic rock is artificial, and in nature volcanic rocks grade into hypabyssal and metamorphic rocks and constitute an important element of some sediments and sedimentary rocks. For these ...

  7. Volcanism - Wikipedia

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    Volcanism, vulcanism, volcanicity, or volcanic activity is the phenomenon where solids, liquids, gases, and their mixtures erupt to the surface of a solid-surface astronomical body such as a planet or a moon. [1]

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