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Fissure eruptions occur when magma flows up through cracks in the ground and leaks out onto the surface. These often occur where plate movement has caused large fractures in the earth's crust, and may also spring up around the base of a volcano with a central vent. Fissure eruptions are characterized by a curtain of fire, a curtain of lava spewing out to a small height above the ground. Fissure eruptions can produce very heavy flows, though the lava is generally slow moving. They are usually at the base of a volcano or at the mid ocean ridge, but often at other volcanoes, such as the Hawaiian volcanoes, as well. (credit to Yahoo answers too.)
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What is fissure mean?
a fissure eruption is magma gets erupted inside the earth
What two types of openings does magma erupt from a volcano?
a vent and fissure eruption
Which of these volcanic eruption types is the most violent Plinian Hawaiian Fissure Strombolian?
plinian
Where is The greatest amount of volcanic material is produced at?
The greatest volume of volcanic material is produced by fissure eruptions.
What is the name of the opening in the Earth through which a volcano erupts?
A volcanic vent or fissure (depending on the type of eruption).
What is fissure mean?
a fissure eruption is magma gets erupted inside the earth
What two types of openings does magma erupt from a volcano?
a vent and fissure eruption
What causes fissures?
a fissure eruption is magma gets erupted inside the earth
Which of these volcanic eruption types is the most violent Plinian Hawaiian Fissure Strombolian?
plinian
Where is The greatest amount of volcanic material is produced at?
The greatest volume of volcanic material is produced by fissure eruptions.
What is the name of the opening in the Earth through which a volcano erupts?
A volcanic vent or fissure (depending on the type of eruption).
What is a long crack from which lava flows through?
fissure
What type of volcanic eruptions occur most often when plates are moving apart?
Most common would be a fissure eruption of basaltic magma.
What are tha things you do after and before during the volcanic eruption?
you are asking a seemingly simple question but it has a complex answer. Prior to an eruption you have the forming of the caldera. Then you have the eruption: here are some effusive eruption, central vent eruption,fissure eruption, subaqueous eruption, sub glacial eruption, pyroclastic eruption, ash-flow eruption. The most spectacular of all of them is the pyroclastic eruption. It throws off viscous gas-rich magmas and producesw a great deal of solid volcanic fragments. A volcanic eruption after is called clean up. The included link about Mt St Helens eruption will give you an idea on the potentially explosive power of a volcano.
What are some examples of causes of primary succession?
Glaciers that will lead a bare surface or a volcano eruption that results in a barren land
What are some examples of words that start with rupt?
bankrupt erupt eruption erupting irruption
What are differences in Volcanoes?
A Fissure is a long narrow opening; a crack or cleft.While the volcano is an opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or crust, which allows hot magma, volcanic ash and gases to escape from below the surface.
