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Latest revision as of 16:10, 16 April 2010
Volcano: A peak on the Earth's crust — usually near or on the boundaries between continental plates — through which lava and gases have erupted. [e]
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Parent topics
- Earth science [r]: The study of the components and processes of the planet Earth. [e]
- Geology [r]: The scientific study of the structure and composition of the earth's crust and its changes over time. [e]
- Earth's crust [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Plate tectonics [r]: Theory that explains geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth's lithospheric plates. [e]
- Continental plate [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Volcanology [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- Etna [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Eyjafjallajökull [r]: A subglacial volcano in the South of Iceland with eruptions in 920, 1612, 1821-1823, and 2010. [e]
- Krakatoa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Laki [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pinatubo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Stromboli [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vesuv [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Volcanic eruption [r]: The discharge of a volcano, containing lava, tephra and gases. [e]
- Volcanic crater [r]: The remnant of one or more volcanic eruptions. [e]
- Magma [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lava [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tephra [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Black smoker [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Earthquake [r]: Sudden motion or trembling of Earth, which results from shock waves generated by the elastic movement of rock masses deep within the Earth, particularly near boundaries of tectonic plates. [e]
- Tsunami [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Origin of life [r]: How did self-replicating biochemistry and cells arise from the prebiotic world approximately four billion years ago? Aka abiogenesis. [e]
- Climate [r]: The overall weather pattern for an extended period for any defined geographical location which may be over any size of area up to and including the entire Earth. [e]
- Geothermal power [r]: Extracts energy from the heat stored beneath the Earth's surface and uses it for space heating or for generating electricity; see the Geothermal power article on Wikipedia for details. [e]