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• littoral cone — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A cone of lava fragments built on the surface of a lava flow pouring into a body of water, usually the sea, is called a littoral cone ( littoral refers to a shoreline). Lava entering the ocean heats and boils… …   Glossary of volcanic terms

• VOLCANISME ET VOLCANOLOGIE — Le 24 août de l’an 79 après J. C., le Vésuve se réveilla au terme d’un repos de plusieurs siècles et détruisit les villes d’Herculanum, de Pompéi et de Stabiès. En 1783, l’éruption fissurale du Laki, en Islande, entraîna la mort de plus de 10 000 …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• volcan — [ vɔlkɑ̃ ] n. m. • vulcan 1375; lat. vulcanus (à propos des Lipari, de l Etna); vulcan (1575), puis volcan (1598), esp. volcan, appliqué aux « montagnes de feu » de l Amérique (1524), de Vulcanus « Vulcain » 1 ♦ Cour. Montagne qui émet ou a émis… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field — A view from Green Mountain with Pyramid Mountain in the distance Elevation …   Wikipedia

• Phreatomagmatic eruption — Phreatomagmatic eruptions are defined as juvenile forming eruptions as a result of interaction between water and magma. They are different from magmatic and phreatic eruptions. The products of phreatomagmatic eruptions contain juvenile clasts,… …   Wikipedia

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• Vesuvius — /veuh sooh vee euhs/, n. Mount, an active volcano in SW Italy, near Naples. Its eruption destroyed the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum A.D. 79. ab. 3900 ft. (1190 m). * * * Active volcano, eastern side of the Bay of Naples, southern… …   Universalium

• Mount Etna — Etna redirects here. For other uses, see Etna (disambiguation). Mount Etna Mount Etna viewed from the SW. Elevation …   Wikipedia

• Mount Mazama — collapsed a large caldera, which was later filled with Crater Lake. Elevation 8,159 ft …   Wikipedia

• Fort Rock Basin — 280px Hole in the Ground, a maar in Fort Rock Basin Elevation 4,331–5,630 ft (1,320–1,716 m) [1] …   Wikipedia

• Auckland Domain — The Auckland Domain is Auckland s oldest park, and at 75 hectares one of the largest in the city. [ [http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/whatson/places/parks/domain.asp Parks in Auckland] (from the Auckland City Council website, Retrieved Sunday 15… …   Wikipedia