spatter cone — noun : a miniature volcanic cone on a crater floor or lava flow from which lava is ejected in drops or gobs * * * Geol. a low, steep sided volcanic cone built up of droplets or blobs of lava erupted from a fissure or vent. [1900 05] * * * spatter … Useful english dictionary
spatter cone — A small, steep sided cone (e.g., 3 to 15 m high, or more) built up on a lava flow, usually pahoehoe, composed of clots of lava ejected with escaping gases from a vent or fissure which spatters and congeals as it hits the ground to form a small … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
spatter cone — Geol. a low, steep sided volcanic cone built up of droplets or blobs of lava erupted from a fissure or vent. [1900 05] * * * … Universalium
spatter and cinder cone — USGS PHOTO GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS Long lived basaltic lava fountains that erupt spatter, scoria or cinder, and other tephra from a central vent typically build steep sided cones called spatter and cinder cones. The greatest bulk of these… … Glossary of volcanic terms
spatter — USGS PHOTO GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS Very fluid fragments of molten lava ejected from a vent that flatten and congeal on the ground are called spatter. Typically, spatter will build walls of solidified lava around a single vent to form a… … Glossary of volcanic terms
spatter rampart — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A ridge of congealed pyroclastic material (usually basaltic) built up on a fissure or vent. USGS PHOTO GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS Lava fountains that erupt from an elongate fissure will build broad embankments… … Glossary of volcanic terms
Volcanic cone — Puʻu ʻŌʻō, a cinder and spatter cone on Kīlauea, Hawaiʻi Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic formations. They are built by ejecta from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater. Volc … Wikipedia
littoral cone — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A cone of lava fragments built on the surface of a lava flow pouring into a body of water, usually the sea, is called a littoral cone ( littoral refers to a shoreline). Lava entering the ocean heats and boils… … Glossary of volcanic terms
Cinder cone — For peaks named Cinder Cone , see list of peaks named Cinder Cone. Schematic representation of the internal structure of a typical cinder cone. A cinder cone or scoria cone is a steep conical hill of volcanic fragments that accumulate around and… … Wikipedia
cinder cone — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A volcanic cone built entirely of loose fragmented material (pyroclastics). GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS A small, generally conical shaped volcano formed by accumulation of ejected cinders and other volcanic… … Glossary of volcanic terms
Photograph by C. Heliker on 3 April 1992Lava pours from the base of spatter cones built atop a fissure on the southwest flank of Pu`u `O`o (note slope in lower left), Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i.