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Articles about some protected areas (such as national parks) which have been set aside primarily because of their volcanic features or due to a volcanic eruption, for example Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Articles about people, places, or other entities notable for their association with a volcano or volcanoes, including volcano gods and victims.
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A volcano needs a reservoir of molten magma (e.g. a magma chamber), a conduit to allow magma to rise through the crust, and a vent to allow the magma to escape above the surface as lava. The erupted volcanic material (lava and tephra) that is deposited around the vent is known as a volcanic edifice, typically a volcanic cone or mountain. [2] [22]
Pages in category "C-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 485 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Volcanologists frequently visit volcanoes, especially active ones, to observe volcanic eruptions, collect eruptive products including tephra (such as ash or pumice), rock and lava samples. One major focus of enquiry is the prediction of eruptions; there is currently no accurate way to do this, but predicting or forecasting eruptions, like ...
World map of active volcanoes and plate boundaries Kīlauea's lava entering the sea Lava flows at Holuhraun, Iceland, September 2014. An active volcano is a volcano that has erupted during the Holocene (the current geologic epoch that began approximately 11,700 years ago), is currently erupting, or has the potential to erupt in the future. [1]
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