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Warm-up Week 14 Day 2 Which of the following factors helps determine whether a volcanic eruption will be violent or relatively quiet? a. composition of magma c. amount of…

Volcanoes and volcanism Goals To examine the relationship between magma composition, the kinds of volcanoes and volcanic processes that occur, and plate-tectonic setting.…

Warm Up 11/18 The broad, slightly dome-shaped volcanoes of Hawaii are ____. a. cinder cone volcanoes c. pyroclastic volcanoes b. composite cone volcanoes d. shield volcanoes…

Red arrows show the trace of the Red Rocks Fault Red Rocks Fault scarp runs through bed of Big Sheep Creek U-shaped valleys Aretes Tarns McDonald, C., Lopez, D.A., Berg,…

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Volcanoes and volcanism Goals To examine the relationship between magma composition, the kinds of volcanoes and volcanic processes that occur, and plate-tectonic setting.…