Types of Volcanoes and Volcanic Eruptions:

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• Types of Volcanoes and Volcanic Eruptions
• Stratovolcano (a.k.a. composite cone).
  Examples Mt. Pinatubo, Mt. St. Helens, Mt.
  Pelee, Mt. Vesuvius, Mt. Rainer, Mt. Fuji, etc.
• Volcanic dome
• Cinder Cones
• Sheild Volcano. Example Hawaiian Islands
• Fissure Eruptions. Examples Iceland, Columbia
  River, Deccan Traps, Keewanawan Lavas
• Caldera Eruptions. Examples Krakatau,
  Yellowstone, Long Valley, Valles)

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Fig. 5.36
Bruneau Jarbridge Volcanic Field, Idaho 12.5
m.y. caldera eruption
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buried these guys. Ashfall Fossils State Park,
Nebraska Fossil Rhinoceros and Horses, 12.5 m.y.
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buried these guys. Ashfall Fossils State Park,
Nebraska Fossil Rhinoceros and Horses, 12.5 m.y.
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• Types of Intrusions
• Pluton a large, intrusive igneous rock body,
  including batholiths, stocks, laccoliths, and
  lopoliths.
• Dike a tabular intrusive igneous rock body that
  occurs across strata, discordant (cuts across at
  a high angle) to bedding.
• Sill a tabular intrusive igneous rock body that
  occurs between strata, concordant (parallel) to
  bedding. Cf. Flow

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Yosemite U-shaped Valley, California (granite
pluton exhumed by glaciers) Bridal Veil Falls
(falling over hanging valley on right), El
Capitan (left) and Half Dome (background). Scene
made famous by Ansel Adams
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Yosemite U-shaped Valley, California (granite
pluton exhumed by glaciers) Half Dome
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Sheet jointing in Elephant Rock granite, Missouri
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Jointing in Elephant Rock granite, MissouriBill
Fitchen for scale
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Joints in sandstone, Bryce Canyon, Utah (see also
Needles District of Canyonlands) Photos by Martin
LaChance at Pbase http//www.pbase.com/mlachance
/utah
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Joints in sandstone, Bryce Canyon, Utah (see also
Needles District of Canyonlands) Photos by Martin
LaChance at Pbase http//www.pbase.com/mlachance
/utah
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Joints in sandstone, Bryce Canyon, Utah (see also
Needles District of Canyonlands) Photos by Martin
LaChance at Pbase http//www.pbase.com/mlachance
/utah
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To conclude Two more famous eruptions from
antiquity

• Thera (small caldera eruption), Island of
  Santorini, Greece. Minoan age
• Mt. Vesuvius, Italy 79 A.D. (Stratovolcano)

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Santorini is a remnant island of the Thera
caldera eruption.
Fig. 7-42, p.174
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Minoan-age artifacts are buried under ash exposed
in cliffs, below modern city on hilltop. Some
argue the legend of the lost city of Atlantis is
based on the Thera eruption.
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Modern Naples built over the top of ash-buried
Herculaneum.
Fig. 7-55, p.182
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Modern Naples in the shadow of VesuviusHave we
learned anything???
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Roman amphitheatre excavated in Pompeiia perfect
place for a Pink Floyd concert. From the movie
Pink Floyd, Live at Pompeii, 1972
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David Gilmour plays lead guitar in a Roman
amphitheatre excavated in Pompeii From the movie
Pink Floyd, Live at Pompeii, 1972
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Roger Waters plays bass guitar in a Roman
amphitheatre excavated in Pompeii From the movie
Pink Floyd, Live at Pompeii, 1972
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