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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Effusive eruption


An effusive eruption is a characterized by the outpouring of onto the ground (as opposed to the violent fragmentation of generated by effusive eruptions vary in shape, thickness, length, and width depending on the type of lava erupted, discharge, slope of the ground over which the lava travels, and duration of eruption


For example, lava may become or lava typically forms blocky lava flows, and lava flows often form steep-sided mounds called due to their .

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