A2 AQA TECTONICS

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Type of intrusive formation that runs concordant to the bedding plane
Sill
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Type of plate boundary found between the North American and European plates. Responsible for the creation of Iceland.
Constructive
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Lava type found at a hot spot.
Basaltic
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Particulates ejected from a volcano ranging between 2-6mm in diameter
Lapilli
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USA supervolcano
Yellowstone
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Name for bodies of intrusive igneous rock formed by cooling magma
Pluton
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Icelandic volcano, erupted 2010
Eyjafjallajokull
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Fast moving current of hot gas and rock found when volcanoes erupt.
Pyroclastic Flow
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Type of volcanic eruption named after an italian volcano
Strombolian
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Pumice flow deposit left behind after an eruption
Ignimbrite
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Large intrusive formation extending for 100s of km
Batholith
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Type of lava found at destructive plate boundaries
Rhyolitic
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Hawaiian volcanoes are examples of what type of volcanic formation
Shield
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A fumarole which gives off sulfuric gases
Solfatara
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Himalaya's were formed by this plate boundary type
Collision
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Type of plate boundary found between the North American and European plates. Responsible for the creation of Iceland.

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Constructive

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Lava type found at a hot spot.

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Particulates ejected from a volcano ranging between 2-6mm in diameter

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USA supervolcano

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