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A volcanic plug, also called a volcanic neck or lava neck, is a volcanic object created when magma hardens within a vent on an active volcano. When present, a plug can cause an extreme build-up of high gas pressure if rising volatile -charged magma is trapped beneath it, and this can sometimes lead to an explosive eruption.
Volcanic plugs by country (8 C) Pages in category "Volcanic plugs" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Rhyolite (/ ˈ r aɪ. ə l aɪ t / RY-ə-lyte) [1] [2] [3] [4] is the most silica-rich of volcanic rocks.It is generally glassy or fine-grained in texture, but may be ...
Huerfano Butte (/ ˈ w ɛər f ə n oʊ /; Spanish pronunciation:) is a volcanic plug [5] or hypabyssal plug [6] located 8.8 miles (14.1 km) north of Walsenburg in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States.
Volcanic plugs (2 C, 3 P, 1 F) Volcanoes (28 C, 21 P) Volcanogenic lakes (2 C, 1 P) Volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits (8 P) Pages in category "Volcanic landforms"
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Notably, the world's loftiest volcanic plug, Ball's Pyramid, is in Australia. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. ...
A fissure vent, also known as a volcanic fissure, eruption fissure or simply a fissure, is a linear volcanic vent through which lava erupts, usually without any explosive activity. The vent is often a few metres wide and may be many kilometres long. Fissure vents can cause large flood basalts which run first in lava channels and later in lava ...