crater row

geology

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study of volcanism

  • Mount St. Helens volcano
    In volcano: Fissure vents

    …fountains along the fissure produce crater rows of small spatter and cinder cones. The fragments that form a spatter cone are hot and plastic enough to weld together, while the fragments that form a cinder cone remain separate because of their lower temperature.

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