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List of rock types (2,203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock. Adakite – Volcanic rock type Andesite – Type of volcanic rock Alkali feldspar granite – Type of igneous rock rich

Vesicular texture (234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Vesicular texture is a volcanic rock texture characterized by a rock being pitted with many cavities (known as vesicles) at its surface and inside. This

Mugearite (458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sodium-rich member of the alkaline magma series. In the TAS classification of volcanic rock, mugearite is classified as sodium-rich basaltic trachyandesite. Mugearite

Von Kármán (Martian crater) (439 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

dunes. Usually, the dunes are very dark because they contain the dark volcanic rock basalt. However, in the winter they are become covered with frost. The

Whiteley Peak (171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The mountain is in the Rabbit Ears Range, a range composed chiefly of volcanic rock, and Whiteley Peak has some columnar jointing near the top. Whiteley

Hoodoo (geology) (1,560 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

from the elements. They generally form within sedimentary rock and volcanic rock formations. Hoodoos range in size from the height of an average human

Yanahuara District (259 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Yanahuara is well known for its buildings built from sillar, a pearly white volcanic rock. At least 1/4 of the district's area is taken by "Umacollo", where various

Britannia Range (Canada) (377 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

highly granitic North Shore Mountains due to the high prevalence of volcanic rock (such as at Watts Point volcanic centre) and sedimentary rock like sandstone

Santa Cruz Island (3,733 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Santa Cruz Island Fault, with volcanic rock on the north and older sedimentary rock on the south. This volcanic rock was heavily fractured during an

Mas'ade (236 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

are on the Golan side of the boundary and are characterized by black volcanic rock (basalt), while Majdal Shams and Ein Qiniyye are on the Hermon side

Çubuk-1 Dam (429 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

000 cu ft) of concrete. The aggregate for the concrete was derived from volcanic rock in nearby areas. It has a circular axis of 200 m (660 ft) and its arch-like

Tezontepec de Aldama (121 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"Tezontepec" contains the Nahuatl words tetzontli (tezontle, a reddish volcanic rock) and tepetl (hill), while "de Aldama" commemorates Independence War

Vaiʻava Strait (328 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a good example of cliffs formed by the erosional forces of waves on volcanic rock. The lands surrounding the strait are held communally. A 250-acre (100 ha)

Vaiʻava Strait (328 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a good example of cliffs formed by the erosional forces of waves on volcanic rock. The lands surrounding the strait are held communally. A 250-acre (100 ha)

Geology of Aruba (506 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lesser Antilles island arc. The island is built on a thick sequence of volcanic rock, but also has carbonate sediment deposits because it was submerged for

Quartz diorite (170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

association with other granitic rock such as granodiorite, and with volcanic rock. In western North America a "quartz diorite line" occurs; west of this

Unstan ware (867 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of undecorated, round-bottomed bowls. Some of the bowls had bits of volcanic rock included in the clay to make them stronger. Bone tools were used to

Nintoku Seamount (1,516 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

as volcanic sand. Drilling at Site 432 penetrated 32 m (105 ft) of volcanic rock (74 m (243 ft) total) before terminating because of hole caving and

Tithonium Chasma (605 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and often breaking into large pieces; these are thought to be hard volcanic rock instead of soft ash deposits. Because of its closeness to the Tharsis

Erquy (659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cove of the Penthièvre coast bordered by cape Erquy on one side and a volcanic rock formation called pointe de la Heussaye on the other. Erquy harbour shelters

Buq'ata (531 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mas'ade are on the Golan side of the boundary, characterised by black volcanic rock (basalt), while Majdal Shams and Ein Qiniyye are on the Hermon side

Chlorite group (1,250 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Greenschist, formed by metamorphism of basalt or other low-silica volcanic rock, typically contains significant amounts of chlorite. Chlorite minerals

Capri Mensa (527 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and often breaking into large pieces; these are thought to be hard volcanic rock instead of soft ash deposits. Because of its closeness to the Tharsis

Tope de Coroa (238 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

biodiversity of the area. Tope de Coroa consists of relatively young volcanic rock, formed between 200,000 and 170,000 years ago. List of mountains in

Stratigraphy of New Zealand (2,615 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Devil River Volcanics Group Cambrian(Middle)-Cambrian(Late) Tasman Volcanic rock. Arc igneous rocks and sediments Takaka Terrane Mount Patriarch Group

Geirfuglasker (173 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"Great Auk Rock") was a small islet near Reykjanes, Iceland. It was volcanic rock with steep sides except for two landing places. The rough surf around

Syrtis Major Planum (1,531 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rise. The dark color of Syrtis Major Planum comes from the basaltic volcanic rock of the region and the relative lack of dust. The selected landing site

Cerros de Mavecure (194 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

480 m (1,570 ft), and 170 m (560 ft) respectively. They are made of volcanic rock and can only be accessed by river. These mountains are considered one

Sakeni Church (352 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

design, its walls built of large coarsely processed blocks of local volcanic rock. There is the only entrance, leading into a hall with a small vault

Richtersveld (1,003 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

scenery from flat, sandy, coastal plains, to craggy sharp mountains of volcanic rock and the lushness of the Orange River, which forms the border with neighboring

Tohil Mons (280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

through tectonic and erosional processes, in combination with silicate volcanic rock or magma activity. The main massif of Tohil Mons has ridges and grooves

Kara Dag Mountain (233 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dağ, Ukrainian: Карадаг, Кара-Даг – translated as black mount) is a volcanic rock formation which rises to a height of 577 meters between the Crimean

Chasma (767 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and often breaking into large pieces; these are thought to be hard volcanic rock instead of soft ash deposits. An example of hard layers is shown below

Ophir Chasma (635 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and often breaking into large pieces; these are thought to be hard volcanic rock instead of soft ash deposits. Because of its closeness to the Tharsis

Chopping tool (705 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the two surfaces. The most frequent raw material ('type of rock') is volcanic rock e.g. basalt. But other rocks exhibiting conchoidal fracture were used

Horse Camp (430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mostly indigenous materials were used for construction, including volcanic rock and Shasta red fir. The lodge can be used for emergency shelter for

Geology of Curaçao (431 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of its history, reef environments formed atop thick layers of mafic volcanic rock, producing carbonate sedimentary rocks. The five kilometer thick Curaçao

Tectonic evolution of the Barberton greenstone belt (1,433 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is commonly known as the type locality of the ultramafic, extrusive volcanic rock, the komatiite. Greenstone belts are geologic regions generally composed

Ius Chasma (986 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and often breaking into large pieces; these are thought to be hard volcanic rock instead of soft ash deposits. Because of its closeness to the Tharsis

Jamma River (285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Upper Jamma flows through steep, deep canyons cut first through volcanic rock and then through the Cretaceous sandstone and shaly sandstone, with

Jamma River (285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Upper Jamma flows through steep, deep canyons cut first through volcanic rock and then through the Cretaceous sandstone and shaly sandstone, with

Geology of Cameroon (921 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sedimentary rocks from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic as well as volcanic rock produced by the 1600 kilometer Cameroon Volcanic Line, which includes

Geology of Guam (1,145 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flow rocks from that series. The Facpi Formation forms the basement volcanic rock of Guam and was deposited when the island was formed in close proximity

Barberton Greenstone Belt (2,022 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mineralisation and for its komatiites, an unusual type of ultramafic volcanic rock named after the Komati River that flows through the belt. Some of the

Achilles Point (1,131 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ejected material. The cliffs were there before the volcano erupted so the volcanic rock draped over the clay hill that once existed before sea levels rose and

Boney Peak (794 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

northeast of Boney Peak along the same ridge of volcanic rock. It is the top section of a mass of volcanic rock which solidified around 15 million years ago

Issaquah Alps (484 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

western face of the Cascade Range. The hills are composed of andesitic volcanic rock lying on top of older tightly folded rocks from the coastal plain of

Makhonjwa Mountains (614 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

deposits and a number of komatiites, an unusual type of ultramafic volcanic rock named after the Komati River that flows through the belt. In April 2014

Chilled margin (153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

A chilled margin is a shallow intrusive or volcanic rock texture characterised by a glassy or fine-grained zone along the margin where the magma or lava

Round Valley Reservoir (448 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mountain endure because they were underlaid with dense and durable volcanic rock diabase that cooled slowly under the surface of the Earth. The reservoir

Trione-Annadel State Park (1,326 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1900s mining of cobblestones, and modern hikers' appreciation of its volcanic rock outcrops. These lands were occupied by the Wappo and Pomo people in

Safotu (593 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

at the west end. The hospital sits upon a small rocky rise of black volcanic rock. The main island road passes through the village and there are several

Geology of Antigua and Barbuda (429 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

formation. On Antigua, the south of the island is mainly calc-alkaline volcanic rock such as dacite and quartz basalt or andesite, along with limestone lenses

Trimble Knob (563 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Highland County, Virginia, is a conical hill composed of basalt, a volcanic rock, of Eocene (early Tertiary) age. It is the eroded remnant of what was

Coedydd Aber National Nature Reserve (123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Llanfairfechan in Gwynedd, Wales. Water cascades over a hard shelf of volcanic rock at the far end of the Aber valley, before plummeting 100m down the Aber

Tŷ Canol National Nature Reserve (97 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

between the Preseli Mountains and the north Pembrokeshire coast. The volcanic rock of the moor of Carnedd Meibion Owain, the mossy boulders and gnarled

Aedes polynesiensis (269 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of freshwater. Common larval habitats include tree holes, holes in volcanic rock formations, coconut shells, water storage containers (drums), and discarded

Outcrop (541 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Outcrop of volcanic rock in Germany

Lake Tianchi Monster (505 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and skeptics say "it's all in the imagination, or just a floating volcanic rock". The first reported sighting was in 1903. It was claimed that a large

Andesite line (317 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the partially submerged continental areas of more felsic andesitic volcanic rock on its margins. The andesite line parallels the subduction zones and

Volcanism of Eastern Canada (1,821 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

800-2,500 million years ago) age greenstone belts containing a rare volcanic rock called komatiite. The 2,677 million year old Abitibi greenstone belt

Timaru (3,666 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with the flat landscape of the Canterbury Plains to the north. This volcanic rock is used for the construction of local "bluestone" buildings. The origin

The Nut (Tasmania) (222 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the town of Stanley, Tasmania. It is made of fragments of basaltic volcanic rock from a volcano that was active about 25–70 million years ago. It has

Flammarion (Martian crater) (369 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

up into large boulders so they are probably much harder. Basalt, a volcanic rock, is thought to be present in the layers that form boulders. Basalt has

Mount Mekunnai (130 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pyroclastic cone. The mountain consists of primarily non-alkali, mafic, volcanic rock. The rock is younger than that of neighboring Mount Raiden, being categorized

La Garita Caldera (1,215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a single cooling unit despite the huge volume. Dacite is a silicic volcanic rock common in explosive eruptions, lava domes and short thick lava flows

Wislicenus (crater) (386 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

up into large boulders so they are probably much harder. Basalt, a volcanic rock, is thought to in the layers that form boulders. Basalt has been identified

Geography of Saint Lucia (1,815 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

coral and sand, Saint Lucia is a typical Windward Island formation of volcanic rock that came into existence long after much of the region had already been

Elysium Fossae (451 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

up into large boulders so they are probably much harder. Basalt, a volcanic rock, is thought to in the layers that form boulders. Basalt has been identified

Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway (New Mexico) (1,118 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Navajo, Ute, and Apache peoples. Geological features include canyons, volcanic rock features, and sandstone buttes. Several of the sites are scenic and

Stirling High School (992 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Village in the suburbs of Stirling, previously being situated on the old volcanic rock where Stirling Castle lies and on Ogilvie Road. The headteacher of the

Nahe (Rhine) (1,170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

in the region. Huge deposits of the reddish volcanic rock Rhyolite and of the more alkaline volcanic rock Andesite were left. The valleys of the Nahe

Enhydro agate (294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dated back to the Eocene Epoch. They are commonly found in areas with volcanic rock. Enhydro agates are made up of banded microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline

Helenite (397 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

emerald obsidianite, and ruby obsidianite, is a glass made from the fused volcanic rock dust from Mount St. Helens and marketed as a gemstone. Helenite was

Oshima (Hokkaido) (478 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

from the sea floor. The island consists of mafic alkali and non-alkali volcanic rock, less than 18,000 years old. On the south side of the island at Aidomari

Mount Washington (Oregon) (4,146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

late Pleistocene. Made mostly of mafic (rich in magnesium and iron) volcanic rock like subalkaline basalt and basaltic andesite, it has a volcanic plug

Mordenite (511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

most abundant zeolites in altered volcanic deposits; it is found in volcanic rock such as rhyolite, andesite, and basalt. It is associated with other

Rockhound State Park (336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

for day use. Both units of the park are located in areas of Tertiary volcanic rock. The Little Florida Mountains, where the main unit is located, was covered

Stybarrow Dodd (1,967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

called ‘The Three Dodds’. All three are covered by the same sheet of volcanic rock. The summit of Stybarrow Dodd stands on the main ridge of the Helvellyn

Mount Raiden (97 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pyroclastic cone. The mountain consists of primarily non-alkali, mafic, volcanic rock. "RAIDEN-YAMA". Quaternary Volcanoes of Japan. Geological Survey of

Scald Law (139 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the highest of the Pentland Hills. The hill is composed of Devonian volcanic rock. The origin of the name is uncertain. Some sources say it derives from

Caille Island (360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Antilles. Minimal archaeological survey have found Amerindian pottery in volcanic rock, corroborating the young age. It appears to have been uninhabited during

Middleton-by-Wirksworth (724 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

limestone area that has a ‘perched’ water table due to the impervious volcanic rock and shale formations within its topology. The availability of water

Tunstead, Derbyshire (218 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in the area, yielding high-quality limestone exceptionally free of volcanic rock. [citation needed] "James Brindley memorial born Tunstead near Buxton

Roque Cinchado (215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Roque Cinchado is a volcanic rock formation regarded as emblematic of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). It lies within the Teide National

Denson Seamount (210 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

seamount. The search was difficult because the salty water had altered the volcanic rock over time, but they determined in lab tests that the Denson Seamount

Chair (4,701 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Volcanic Rock". BornRich: Home of Luxur. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012. "Hanging chair made out of Volcanic Rock

Eos Chaos (513 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

history of Mars. Dark layers may be due to dark lava flows. The dark volcanic rock basalt is common on Mars. However, light-toned deposits may have resulted

Pilauco Bajo (456 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hypothesis. Most of the stone artifacts found in Pilauco are made of volcanic rock such as dacite, rhyodacite and rhyolite from the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle

Soil in Tanqwa Abergele (1,138 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Typical catena on metamorphic volcanic rock in Abergele

Colosseum (7,974 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

name (Flavius). The Colosseum is built of travertine limestone, tuff (volcanic rock), and brick-faced concrete. It could hold an estimated 50,000 to 80

Mapu a Vaea (144 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kingdom of Tonga. When waves crash into the reef, natural channels in the volcanic rock allow water to forcefully blow through and create a plume-like effect

Way up structure (1,045 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

indicator is a characteristic relationship observed in a sedimentary or volcanic rock, or sequence of rocks, that makes it possible to determine whether they

Soil in Kola Tembien (1,362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Typical catena on metamorphic volcanic rock

Rosthwaite Fell (628 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

within this site provide outstanding exposures of a thick succession of volcanic rock-layers representing a large proportion of the important episode of volcanic

San Ángel (3,240 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a volcanic rock bed called the Pedregal, which was formed by the eruption of nearby Xitle Volcano about 2,000 years ago. Parts of this volcanic rock bed

Colo Vale, New South Wales (488 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

settlement occurred due to the rich soil which derived from decomposing volcanic rock. St. Pauls Anglican Church which still stands today was built in 1884

Stone of the Guanches (238 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It is made of red tuff volcanic rock. This archaeological site consists of a structure formed by a stone

Corralejo (1,514 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The town's beaches are somewhat more sheltered and have a band of volcanic rock along the shoreline. The area that currently contains the tourist resort

Soil in Tanqwa Abergele (1,138 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Typical catena on metamorphic volcanic rock in Abergele

Hottah (Mars) (285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

2012. Curiosity rover - Official Site NASA - Mars Exploration Program Volcanic rock classification Video (04:32) - Evidence: Water "Vigorously" Flowed On

Putnisite (216 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

surface. Putnisite occurs as small (< 0.5 mm) cube-like crystals in volcanic rock. The mineral formed during the oxidation environment within komatiite

Sawtooth Mountain (566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

feet (1,632 m)in this region. The mountain forms a series of welded volcanic rock spires, an eroded remnant of an ancient shield volcano. Sawtooth Mountain

Link (Mars) (344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

2021. Curiosity rover - Official Site NASA - Mars Exploration Program Volcanic rock classification Video (04:32) - Evidence: Water "Vigorously" Flowed On

Sphingopyxis italica (100 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped and was isolated from volcanic rock in the Roman catacombs of Saint Callixtus in Rome. Its type strain is

Colo Vale, New South Wales (488 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

settlement occurred due to the rich soil which derived from decomposing volcanic rock. St. Pauls Anglican Church which still stands today was built in 1884

Mapu a Vaea (144 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kingdom of Tonga. When waves crash into the reef, natural channels in the volcanic rock allow water to forcefully blow through and create a plume-like effect

Ingakslugwat Hills (335 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Island and the Kusilvak Mountains. Olivine basalt is the principal volcanic rock but basanite and nephelinite are also found. "Ingakslugwat Hills". Global

Midnight Volcano (434 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

600 m (2000 ft) of volcanic rock, starting 1110 m (3641 ft) below the surface at the shallowest. The most recent measured volcanic rock was dated to 66 Ma

Ihlara (1,068 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

same name, Ihlara Valley, which is a 16 km (10 mi) long gorge cut into volcanic rock in the southern part of Cappadocia, following several eruptions of Mount

Naha Stone (319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Naha Stone is a large volcanic rock located in Hilo, Hawaii. The stone was used in the cultural traditions of Native Hawaiians, and many legends surround

Agdistis sabokyi (51 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The habitat consists of heavily grazed short-grass steppe mainly on volcanic rock, with Artemisia, Amygdalus, Stipa and other grass species. Adults have

Bathurst Inlet (rock) (231 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Retrieved October 11, 2012. Curiosity Rover - Official Site NASA - Mars Exploration Program Volcanic rock classification Portal: Solar System v t e

Trouvelot (Martian crater) (823 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

up into large boulders, so they are probably much harder. Basalt, a volcanic rock, is thought to be present in the layers that form boulders. Basalt has

The thrown stones (481 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pietre lanciate) is a geological formation of columnar basalt, prisms of volcanic rock rising from the ground, located near Bolsena, Italy. The shape of the

Eycott Volcanic Group (217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Eycott Volcanic Group is a group of volcanic rock formations of Ordovician age (Llandeilo to Caradoc epochs) named after the locality of Eycott Hill

St Abb's Head (1,589 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

between 460 and 410 million years ago. The Head itself is made from hard volcanic rock which formed as lava flowed from volcanoes around 400 million years

Koko Guyot (1,168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

porosity, and grain size of the recovered volcanic rock, varying widely with depth. The bulk of the volcanic rock is basalt of aphyric to olivine-phyric

Ayapango (1,598 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"El Calvario." This very old building was constructed on a hill of volcanic rock. The building is almost completely in ruins, in no small part due to

Byeongpungdo (353 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Donggeochado-ri, Jodo-myeon. The island is formed from Cretaceous-era volcanic rock of the Yucheon Group, part of the Gyeongsang System which underlies

Skull Hill, Malaysia (358 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of Semporna town. The hill is a volcanic rock-shelter site and a part of volcano mouth of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) in

Levada das 25 Fontes (190 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from the lagoon. A valley of vertical walls where different types of volcanic rock allow water from the upper water table to emerge in the form of numerous

Volcano Peak (78 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

elevation is 6,568 feet (2,002 m). Volcano Peak was so named on account of volcanic rock near the summit. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information

Greenstone (219 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and a geologic formation in the UK Greenschist, metamorphosed mafic volcanic rock and a metamorphic facies Elvan, a quartz-porphyry found in Cornwall

Hornblende (793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

also typically enriched in titanium. It is found almost exclusively in volcanic rock and is sometimes called basaltic hornblende. The word hornblende is

JA volcano (397 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

campus of Pius X high school. The volcano is composed of a type of volcanic rock called olivine tholeiitic basalt. Radiometric dating indicates an age

Ventanillas de Otuzco (134 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(5.0 mi) northeast of the city of Cajamarca. The site is located on volcanic rock, covering an area of about 1,700 square metres (18,000 sq ft). It has

Geologic province (161 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Accumulation of igneous rocks, including liquid rock (intrusive) or volcanic rock formations (extrusive) North Atlantic Igneous Province Columbia River

Goulburn (Mars) (351 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

2012. Curiosity Rover - Official Site NASA - Mars Exploration Program Volcanic rock classification Video (04:32) - Evidence: Water "Vigorously" Flowed On

Trou de Fer (595 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

including the "Lake of the Eel". Many springs flow through the porous volcanic rock of the walls, creating countless waterfalls. The team of Pascale Lapoule

Island arc (2,077 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

There are generally three volcanic series from which the types of volcanic rock that occur in island arcs are formed: The tholeiitic series – basaltic

Black Volcano (343 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

associated with a fissure eruption. The volcano is composed of a type of volcanic rock called olivine tholeiitic basalt. Radiometric dating indicates an age

List of English words of Hawaiian origin (302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Meaning Pronunciation (IPA) Definition link ʻAʻā A kind of rough-surface volcanic rock. Note that there are two glottal stops before and after the first a

Plagioclase (2,888 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

containing aluminium can partially offset the depletion in aluminium. In volcanic rock, the crystallized plagioclase incorporates most of the potassium in

Erg Chech 002 (217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

over 4.566 billion years old, and is believed to be the oldest known volcanic rock on Earth. It is held at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. "Erg Chech

Barnes Butte (244 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Barnes Butte is a rhyolite dome of volcanic rock in Crook County, Oregon, United States located partly within the city of Prineville. Barnes Butte is

List of beaches in Ponce, Puerto Rico (2,487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that is mostly dark sand with magnetite, and composed of fragments of volcanic rock, quartz, and calcareous detritus. Also, the sand at mainland Ponce beaches

List of beaches in Ponce, Puerto Rico (2,487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that is mostly dark sand with magnetite, and composed of fragments of volcanic rock, quartz, and calcareous detritus. Also, the sand at mainland Ponce beaches

List of national parks of Uruguay (241 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Located in 10 km (6 mi) north of Minas. Includes a large round mesa of volcanic rock and forests. Esteros de Farrapos National Park. Includes 24 islands

Praia a Mare (286 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

built by Byzantine forces to guard the coast, sits on an outcropping of volcanic rock with a commanding view of the sea approaches to Praia a Mare. About

Mammillaria pennispinosa (75 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Its total population is fewer than 1250 individuals. They grow on volcanic rock in desert habitat. Fitz Maurice, W.A.; Fitz Maurice, B (2013). "Mammillaria

East Mountain (Massachusetts) (662 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Orvieto Funicular (242 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

station with Piazza Cahen in the city centre, which is situated on a volcanic rock 157 metres (515 feet) above the station. The line passes through the

Heishibeihu (896 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and pyroclastics uncommon. Latite bearing olivine is the most common volcanic rock and other rocks include leucite, phonolithic tephrite, trachybasalt

Mawe Mbili (264 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mawe Mbili is a volcanic rock formation on the northern edge of the Elmenteita Badlands and within the Soysambu Conservancy, in Nakuru County of Rift

Owyhee Desert (260 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Uplands Byway passes through the desert. An arid region of canyons, volcanic rock, sagebrush and grass makes up the ~9,375 sq mi (24,280 km2) Owyhee Desert

Cinder (235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

called cinder Ash, also called cinder Scoria, or cinder, a type of volcanic rock Cinder (programming library), a C++ programming library for visualization

List of rock formations of New Zealand (468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

43056 The Pinnacles Waikato, Coromandel Peninsula Terrestrial erosion, volcanic rock Andesite lava spires preserved when the weaker neighbouring pyroclastic

N165 (418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

N165 - Rover Zaps Rock Archived 2022-01-19 at the Wayback Machine Twitter - N165 ("Coronation" rock) Volcanic rock classification Portal: Solar System

Jūroku Rakan Iwa (248 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the local fishermen in Yuza, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Carved from volcanic rock by a Buddhist monk between 1864 and 1868, there are in total twenty-two

Melchor Ocampo, State of Mexico (383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dedicated to the Archangel Michael (San Miguel). It is built of black volcanic rock (tezontle) and has a façade in baroque style. It was built in the seventeenth

Orvieto (2,826 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

third century BC. Because of its site on a high, steep bluff of tuff, a volcanic rock, the city was virtually impregnable. After the collapse of the Roman

Volcanic ash (9,829 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

propels it into the atmosphere where it solidifies into fragments of volcanic rock and glass. Ash is also produced when magma comes into contact with water

Valle de la Orotava (375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sea-level. 70% of the soil is volcanic, 20% clay and the remaining 10% is volcanic rock. The soils are light, permeable, rich in minerals and slightly acidic

Teffedest Mountains (239 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the rest of the Hoggar Mountains, which are composed mainly of dark volcanic rock, the Teffedest is composed of pale granite. There are ancient cave paintings

Al-Munaqqab (107 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

between Sanaa and Shibam Kawkaban, and is built on a small hill of porous volcanic rock, with some houses being built directly into the hillside. It was the

Catacombs of Milos (222 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fact that the surrounding area is full of caves cut into the porous volcanic rock, which are still used by the inhabitants as storerooms and stables.

Elizabeth Island (Victoria) (323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

20 metres (66 feet) above sea level, and comprises fertile soil on volcanic rock and sandstone. It is covered mostly in native grass, with areas of native

Geology of Fujian (1,166 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with Basalt and conglomerate. Fujian has two volcanic rock provinces. The East Fujian-Taiwan volcanic rock region includes a strip along the coast. The

Bragdon Formation (180 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sandstones may be rich in quartz, chert and sedimentary rock fragments, or volcanic rock fragments, or volcanic ash (tuff) containing abundant crystals. Gravelly

Louisiade Plateau (352 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

province formed by the arrival of the Tasmantid hotspot. A sample of volcanic rock from the southern spur of the Louisiade Plateau was dated at 56.4 ±

Silver Star Mountain (Skamania County, Washington) (2,484 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Star Mountain is a recently uplifted ridge of older Western Cascades volcanic rock, underlain by a granitic pluton of similar Western Cascades age, located

La Palma (DO) (327 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the north of the island The soils are rich and fertile and lie over volcanic rock. In some areas they are covered with a layer of volcanic sand. The soils

Provin Mountain (699 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Daepo Jusangjeolli Cliff (155 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Daepo Jusangjeolli Cliff (Korean: 주상절리대; RR: Jusangjeollidae) is a volcanic rock formation at the southern coast of Jeju Island, South Korea. It is named

Niğde Province (1,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mosques and underground cities (safe-havens cut deep down into the soft volcanic rock). Another important site is the ancient city of Tyana and a number of

Tom Emmott (302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

curiosities such as emu and rhea eggs, a large trilobite, and pieces of volcanic rock. He fought in World War I, and later claimed to have served with Military

Pauma Complex (296 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a scarcity of cobble choppers and cobble scrapers a predominance of volcanic rock over quartzite as a source material for flaked lithics an extreme scarcity

Mount Nonotuck (546 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Peter's Rock (818 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Volcanism of Canada (13,419 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

belts estimated at 3.8 to 2.5 billion years old, containing a rare volcanic rock called komatiite. The 2,677‑million-year-old Abitibi greenstone belt

Coyoacán (12,836 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the former lakebed of Lake Texcoco. Volcanic land is subdivided by volcanic rock which is decomposing and that which has not. The best known of the areas

Peter's Rock (818 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Cotacotani Lake (1,085 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Wallatiri. Cotacotani is separated from the lake Chungará by a strip of volcanic rock and receives groundwater inflow from that lake, however its major sources

Menegazzia kawesqarica (137 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

type specimen was collected by the second author in a depression of a volcanic rock outcrop in Morro Chico (Magallanes Province, Chile). The lichen contains

Long Mountain (Hampshire County, Massachusetts) (481 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Ein Qiniyye (367 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

while Buq'ata and Mas'ade are on the Golan side, characterised by black volcanic rock (basalt). Since the adoption of the 1981 Golan Heights Law, Ein Qiniyye

Temazcal (280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

regions. It has various construction styles differing by region; from volcanic rock and cement adobe mud bricks even wood mud and cloth can be utilized

Lava tube (1,285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Moon – Structure and composition of the Moon Lava cave – Cave formed in volcanic rock, especially one formed via volcanic processes Mars habitat – Facility

Funco (architecture) (429 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Funco out of volcanic rock at the foot of Pico do Fogo

Larder River (Ontario) (980 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

system, with mafic metavolcanic bedrock to the west and sedimentary and volcanic rock to the east. The Larder River has many wild rapids, making it suitable

Aleksandar Popović Sandor (562 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to the Mount Fruška region. On one of these he discovered trachyte a volcanic rock easy to mine as a building stone. He reported his finding and was supported

Nigretta Falls (251 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bounces guided by patterns of joints in a much older (Devonian) rhyolitic volcanic rock. However, as with the Wannon Falls, the amount of water varies with

Vilkitsky Island (East Siberian Sea) (717 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

gray volcanic rock. The limburgite is represent by varieties with both crystalline textures and glassy, devitrified matrix. This volcanic rock occurs

Kaapvaal Craton (1,290 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mineralisation and for its Komatiites, an unusual type of ultramafic volcanic rock named after the Komati River that flows through the belt. Some of the

Boars Tusk (239 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the erosion resistant volcanic neck which is composed of the uncommon volcanic rock lamproite. Rock samples from Boars Tusk provided an age of 2.5 MA. "Boars

List of National Natural Landmarks in Guam (84 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

144.6552528°E / 13.3069889; 144.6552528 Guam Contains exposures of volcanic rock with a nearby intertidal platform of two levels of coralline limestone

Bare Mountain (Massachusetts) (659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The lava from which the mountain is formed was erupted in the early

San Salvador Atenco (678 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of evangelization. It is constructed of stone and "tezontle" (porous volcanic rock). Its gilded retablo is the original built with the chapel with its

El Jorullo (740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

across southern Mexico. The eruptive activity deposited a layer of volcanic rock some 6,000 feet thick, creating a high and fertile plateau. During summer

Waikoloa Beach (569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Volcanic rock along Anaehoomalu Bay

Rocknest (Mars) (1,050 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the original (PDF) on 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2020-09-01. Curiosity Rover - Official Site NASA - Mars Exploration Program Volcanic rock classification

Mount Norwottuck (662 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Bird's Head Peninsula (800 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the mountain ranges have a diverse mix of sandstone, limestone, and volcanic rock. A large basin called the Kebar Valley divides the two mountain ranges

Thuringian Highland (832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Pöhlde or the Hübel) with their wooded crests. These are made from a volcanic rock, dolerite, which is harder than the surrounding rocks and so weathers

Dundee Law (654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

subsequent action of rain, wind and ice eroded the sandstone, revealing the volcanic rock. Glaciers during the ice ages deposited more debris around the base

Concrete (13,486 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

concrete structures has been found to be due to its use of pyroclastic (volcanic) rock and ash, whereby the crystallization of strätlingite (a specific and

Lithic fragment (geology) (322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Hendrix, M. S., 2004, Correlations between volcanic lithic fragments and volcanic rock, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No

Einasleigh Uplands (648 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

caves such as those of Chillagoe. The uplands are an area of eroded volcanic rock on and to the west of the Atherton Tableland in the northern section

Sloan, Nevada (394 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

back to Archaic times. It also contains geological features such as volcanic rock peaks. Its petroglyphs dates thousands of years back and includes carvings

Pelican Butte (2,655 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

silicic volcanic rock, and a lower volume of eruptive material produced during the Quaternary. Basaltic andesite is the predominant volcanic rock in the

Zieria scopulus (400 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flowers are open at the same time. It is only known from two peaks of volcanic rock near Ipswich. Zieria scopulus is an open, compact shrub which grows

Point Mugu (754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

when the roadway was cut through the near-vertical ridge of resistant volcanic rock in 1937. A route had been blasted out around the promontory in 1923–24

Trap rock (850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hawaiian Islands and their mountains are composed of basalt or similar volcanic rock. The Green Gardens region of Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland

Cumbemayo (416 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

This is a canal of approximately 9 km in length, carefully carved in volcanic rock to divert the water from the hills to cultivation fields and a large

Round Mountain (Massachusetts) (376 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Mountain, like much of the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, a volcanic rock. The rocks forming the mountain were extruded near the end of the Triassic

Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City (1,827 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

within them. Some can only be reached by a short, 5- to 10-minute walk. Volcanic rock was removed to make room for the buildings, and it was used to make

Afon Crafnant (282 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

kilometres from Betws-y-Coed in Conwy. Partly surrounded by a ridge of volcanic rock, the reserve supports a range of habitats including woodland, marshland

Pilot Knob (Colorado) (422 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the most difficult to climb in Colorado because of its poor quality volcanic rock. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Pilot Knob is

Rice, California (852 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Arizona and California Railroad right-of-way with the multi-colored volcanic rock used as track ballast. Hand-assembled graffiti lines the railroad for

Florida Platform (372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rocks, Ordovician–Devonian sedimentary rocks, and Triassic–Jurassic volcanic rock. Florida's igneous and sedimentary foundation separated from what is

Tumbledown Formation (619 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

consists of volcaniclastic rock (sedimentary rock composed of fragments of volcanic rock) interbedded with basalt lava flows. It is notable as part of an almost

1930 Giro d'Italia (592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mount Etna during stage two, Luigi Marchisio got hit in the eye by some volcanic rock. This prompted him to wear a covering over his eyes for several days

El Cimatario National Park (465 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

volcanic in origin, formed during Pliocene eruptions. A red porous volcanic rock called tezontle is common, and was quarried to make bricks and construct

Jasper (1,734 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

called basanite, one being a black form of jasper and the other a black volcanic rock closely akin to basalt. Add to this the fact that many different rock

Northwest Africa 7034 (1,075 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

oceans that used to exist on Mars, but were still present when the volcanic rock, that would eventually become the meteorite, was erupted. The meteorite

Fort of Greta (Horta) (660 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

against pirates in the channel. It was built from masonry stone and volcanic rock: its most obvious extent is visible in the dozen canon battlements that

Norfolk Basin (212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

lying atop the Blue Hill Granite Porphyry dips 60 degrees south. Felsic volcanic rock flanks the basin in the southwest and it is fragmented by numerous small

Three Kings (Family Guy) (1,974 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

prison, he should go to a hayfield in Buxton, Maine, and there will be a volcanic rock that would have "no earthly business being there", and a gift for him

Ullikummi (505 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fathered upon a rock cliff a genderless, deaf, blind, yet sentient volcanic rock monster, Ullikummi, which he hid in the netherworld and placed on the

Terceira Island (4,369 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of cultivatable lands, each holding is divided by hedgerows made of volcanic rock and stones. Dores, Victor Rui (6 February 2012). "Da homossexualidade

Glencastle (912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

barely room for the road and the brook; we pass a regular brown dyke of volcanic rock and a thickly-wooded hillside, hovered over by hawks, and reach the

Higby Mountain (1,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

ʻAmanave, American Samoa (743 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

blowholes sculpted by waves. Large sculptures of erosion-resistant volcanic rock dot the water shore, and one of these islets is a volcanic vent through

La Pampa Province (1,693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and gnammas. Most of Sierra de Lihuel Calel is made up ignimbrite, a volcanic rock type that was violently erupted by ancient volcanoes. Being located

Santa Rosa Plateau (1,804 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

territory from native species. The oldest rock seen on the Reserve is meta-volcanic rock, laid down 220-190 million years ago. Above that is found meta-sedimentary

Soroti (892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

power plant with generation capacity of 10 megawatts 9. Soroti Rock, a volcanic rock formation. 10. Soroti central market 11. The headquarters of the Roman

Coprates quadrangle (4,426 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and often breaking into large pieces; these are thought to be hard volcanic rock instead of soft ash deposits. An example of hard layers is shown below

Amanalco (886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the town of Amanalco was found a 7,000-year-old human footprint in volcanic rock belonging to someone now called the “man of Amanalco.” The Aztecs conquered

Malibu Creek (1,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Conejo Volcanics, a Miocene volcanic field. Several sections of volcanic rock, including the Conejo Volcanics, were formed along the coast of California

Sugarloaf (New Zealand) (1,085 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

tower is founded on a 5-metre deep concrete pad underlain by basalt volcanic rock. It is situated approximately 50 m behind the main transmission building

Geology of New England (2,971 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

White Mountains. The Ossipee Mountains contain substantial amounts of volcanic rock, and the many ring dikes across the region indicate that there was once

Kaiserstuhl (Baden-Württemberg) (3,271 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

consolidated carbonatite near Altvogtsburg und Schelingen. It is a quite rare volcanic rock, which crystallized from a carbonate magmatic melt rather than a silicate

Guruguru Mountain (223 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

092111°E / -19.946726; 30.092111 Guruguru Mountain is a solid dome-shaped volcanic rock in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe, near Pakame Mission. Guruguru, its Shona name

Sierra Madre Occidental (9,564 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the range is cut by deep river valleys. This plateau is formed from volcanic rock overlying a basement of metamorphic rock. This uplift has caused changes

Saltonstall Mountain (1,119 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Kitami Mountains (182 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mountains are mostly sedimentary from the Cretaceous-Paleogene periods. Volcanic rock was placed down on top of this from volcanoes that erupted in the Miocene

Kaymakli Underground City (2,116 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ancient name was Enegup. Caves may have first been built in the soft volcanic rock by the Phrygians, an Indo-European people, in the 8th–7th centuries

Amygdaloid (80 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

resembling an almond nut Amygdule, or amygdale, a mineral filled vesicle in volcanic rock, amygdaloidal texture Amygdaloid Island, an island in Lake Superior

Falemauga Caves (888 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and kitchen-middens as well as several lumps of ele a type of red volcanic rock used as a natural dye for Samoan siapo or tapa, a traditional bark cloth

Cobequid Mountains (518 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mountains are composed of a combination of sediments, granites, and volcanic rock all of which has been crushed and folded by continental drift when this

List of birds of Wallis and Futuna (2,936 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the three, while Futuna and Alofi are composite islands made of volcanic rock and limestone. The latter two islands are only 1.7 km (1.1 mi) from

Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park (970 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

February 2011. The area in and around the park contains distinctive volcanic rock and sandstone formations. The park includes a Visitors Centre with Interpretation

Turquoise (6,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the host rock to precipitate turquoise. This typically fills veins in volcanic rock or phosphate-rich sediments. Deposition usually takes place at a relatively

Manitook Mountain (414 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Pemigewasset Wilderness (1,298 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

therefore composed primarily of the igneous White Mountain plutonic-volcanic rock series. The Franconia and Twin Ranges form a massive ring dike in the

Xianju National Park (791 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

call it "Xianju", meaning a residence where the immortals live. The volcanic rock landform of Xianju National Park was shaped 120 million years ago. With

Fiamme (271 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Agglomerate – Coarse accumulation of volcanic material Ignimbrite – Type of volcanic rock Rock microstructure – size, shape and mutual relations of the particles

Castle Rock (Edinburgh) (283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Volcanic rock in Edinburgh, Scotland

Mogollon-Datil volcanic field (1,570 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

accompanied by eruptions of less silica-rich (mafic to intermediate) volcanic rock. These were mostly andesite during the first eruptive pulse, becoming

Nusa Dua (1,103 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The area provides a 240-degree lookout and the tormented shapes of volcanic rock make for a dramatic seascape. The site is bordered by guardrails and

Mount Tom (Massachusetts) (1,318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Yixian Formation (1,619 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

(including the synonymous Jingangshan, Tuhulu, Jianchang, Lower Volcanic and Volcanic Rock formations) is followed stratigraphically by the slightly younger Jiufotang

Olmeca Tequila (266 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

process involves using the traditional Tahona, a millstone made of volcanic rock, known locally as Tezontle, to crush the agave piñas, creating a pulp

Flood basalt (4,896 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with very small volumes of dacite or rhyolite (much more silica-rich volcanic rock), which forms late in the development of a large igneous province and

Marine sediment (12,371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

debris. Except within a few kilometres of a mid-ocean ridge, where the volcanic rock is still relatively young, most parts of the seafloor are covered in

Mary Cairncross Reserve (625 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

very rich and healthy, due to the high quantity of volcanic rock decomposed in the soil. Volcanic rock contains high amounts of nutrients.[citation needed]

Weiselberg (771 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

belongs to the North Palatine Uplands. Its summit dome consists of volcanic rock (vulcanite) of the Permian (Rotliegendes), about 280 million years old

Jake Matijevic (rock) (803 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

release about the rock's composition Curiosity rover - Official Site Volcanic rock classification Roca Jake Matijevic (in spanish) Portals: Solar System

Newberry Springs, California (1,093 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rain per year. Newberry Springs is a typical desert oasis. Ancient volcanic rock formations, lava beds, sand dunes, mineral springs, and hidden mud baths

Sawtooth Mountains (Minnesota) (371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Cross-section of the Lake Superior basin east of the Sawtooths, showing the tilted strata of volcanic rock which form the mountains.

Geology of Madeira (678 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

meters above sea level. Groundwater on Madeira is held in fractured volcanic rock aquifers, with widely varying transmissivity and dissolved mineral content

Henty Gold Mine (763 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of gold mineralisation that occur within a package of highly altered volcanic rock adjacent to the Henty Fault. The Henty Gold Mine was operated by Barrick

Geology of the Pacific Northwest (4,678 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Columbia River Basalt were ending. But most of the Snake River Plain volcanic rock is less than a few million years old, Pliocene age (5–1.6 million years

Rock fragment (96 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

classified as a rock fragment. In this case, the rock fragment would be a volcanic rock fragment. Scale box in millimeters, plane-polarized light on top, cross-polarized

Ulu maika (203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

roll a disc shaped stone called a Maikam, which was usually made from volcanic rock. The objective of the game was to roll your Maika further than your

Komati (87 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Eswatini and Mozambique Komatiite, a type of ultramafic mantle-derived volcanic rock This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Komati

Santa Teresa Hills (1,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Upper Cretaceous Franciscan Complex rock containing chert and basaltic volcanic rock make up most of the geologic structure of the Santa Teresa Hills. The

Piazza del Plebiscito (496 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Construction 1809-1846 Opening date 1846 Area 23.000 m² Surface Vesuvian Volcanic Rock Dedicated to Plebiscite of the 21st October 1860 Location Naples, Italy

Chisholm, Australian Capital Territory (787 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2020 ACT elections. The rocks underneath Chisholm are two kinds of volcanic rock that erupted from volcanos in the Silurian period. The name of the member

Watchung Mountains (4,086 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rivers coursing through mountains and in the small caves abundant in the volcanic rock. It is thought that the Lenape favored the Watchungs for their profusion

Dudleya cymosa subsp. marcescens (1,009 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

neotenous trait in the genus. This species is endemic to the exposed volcanic rock of the Santa Monica Mountains in California, being found on shady slopes

Molcajete (758 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

imitations are sometimes made of a mixture of pressed concrete and volcanic rock particles. Molcajetes are also used as dish service in restaurants and

Short Mountain (Connecticut) (527 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Levice (1,206 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

water springs and swimming pool Brhlovce– cave-like dwellings cut into volcanic rock, nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage site Čajkov– known for local folk

Murray Hill, Christmas Island (1,051 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bed of rock may be explained because of phosphatic fossilization of volcanic rock. Murray Hill has an outcrop of many rocks subject to weathering. Recent

Murray Hill, Christmas Island (1,051 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bed of rock may be explained because of phosphatic fossilization of volcanic rock. Murray Hill has an outcrop of many rocks subject to weathering. Recent

Kilu Cave (1,080 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

assemblage at Kilu Cave consists primarily of simple flaked tools made from volcanic rock (~ 80% of all artefacts), quartz, calcite and chert. 214 such artefacts

Dankeskirche, Bad Nauheim (196 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

opened in 1906. The church was made with Londorf basalt, a type of volcanic rock. The first organ was built by Eberhard Friedrich Walcker. The church

Batujaya (603 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

are made of bricks composed of a mixture of clay and rice husks, not volcanic rock which is difficult to find in Batujaya. Two structures recovered are

Volcanic arc (2,425 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

chromium or titanium, whose content is low in volcanic arc rocks. Because volcanic rock is easily weathered and eroded, older volcanic arcs are seen as plutonic

Terra Sabaea (2,497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dunes are often dark in color because they were formed from the common, volcanic rock basalt. In the dry environment, dark minerals in basalt, like olivine

Kilmory, Ardnamurchan (777 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kilmory Bay, a sheltered bay with clear water, white sands and black, volcanic rock. It is one of the few sandy beaches on Ardnamurchan. Kilmory is overlooked

Constructed wetland (4,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

grounds. The substrate can be either gravel—generally limestone or pumice/volcanic rock, depending on local availability, sand or a mixture of various sizes

Mount Muhabura (183 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Volcanic rock from Muhabura containing crystals of augite

Front Range (1,841 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

began to recolonize the landscape. The mass flooding and erosion of the volcanic rock formed the Castle Rock Conglomerate that can be found in the Front Range

Reykjanes (1,020 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

including at least 9 km (5.6 mi) out to sea towards the Reykjanes Ridge. Volcanic rock production has kept pace with rift extension and subsidence with at

Big Bend Ranch State Park (1,090 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

almost vertical walls. Colorado Canyon is the only one carved from volcanic rock. Its mineral-rich stone makes the canyon "a hanging garden of yuccas

Mount Holyoke (1,496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called trap rock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Vulcão da Urzelina (3,226 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

destruction and over 30 deaths in Urzelina and producing a basalt field of volcanic rock extending to the Ponta da Urzelina. The eruption was the last sub-aerial

Diquis (985 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

disembodied heads. Almost all of the statues are made of vesicular andesite, volcanic rock abundant in the area. Stone spheres of Costa Rica "Diquís". Museo Chileno

Pukao (891 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

source quarry. The red-colored topknots were made from reddish scoria, a volcanic rock. The rocks were sourced from a quarry known as Puna Pau, which was located

Trimountain (705 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Keweenaw Peninsula (1,675 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cross-section of the Lake Superior basin showing the tilted strata of volcanic rock that form both the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale Lake Superior

Elephant Rock (264 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

near Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick, Canada Elephant Rock (Iceland), a volcanic rock in the Iceland Sea Elephant's Rock, a large boulder and archaeological

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument (745 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

above sea level. The area owes its remarkable geology to layers of volcanic rock and ash deposited by pyroclastic flow from eruptions within the volcanic

West Suffield Mountain (646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Hawaiian monk seal (4,407 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

not hunting and eating, it generally basks on the sandy beaches and volcanic rock of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiian monk seal is part of

Tulancingo (4,937 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

floor with some peaks. This relatively flat surface is mostly of light volcanic rock cut with ravines, small canyons, large hills and volcanoes. The larger

Chorazin (1,594 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The majority of the structures found were made from basalt, a black volcanic rock found locally. The town's ruins are spread over an area of 25 acres

Geology of South Korea (1,361 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and contain granite, gneiss, quartzite, limestone, mudstone and basic volcanic rock fragments. At first, the Taebo orogeny was credited with the folding

Lake Balaton (1,559 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Mediterranean-like climate, combined with the soil (containing volcanic rock), has made the region notable for its production of wines since the

Glossary of geology (10,307 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

T U V W X Y Z See also References External links dacite An igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content. It is an extrusive rock of the same general

Erg Chech (346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rocks represent bits of meteorite Erg Chech 002, the oldest pieces of volcanic rock ever found, likely from an ancient protoplanet. These finds were used

Iron County, Utah (1,423 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

facilities. Three Peaks Recreation Area, a recreation area made up of volcanic rock and hills. The area features rock climbing, picnics, fishing, off-road

Großer Knollen (419 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

path in places the reddish colouring in the rock that is due to the volcanic rock, porphyry. About 800 metres east of the Großer Knollen is the Knollengrube

Rattlesnake Mountain (Connecticut) (840 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Kaimanawa Range (812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"Jointed-Rangitaiki-Ignimbrite," and described as "330,000 year old volcanic rock that is common in the Taupō Volcanic Zone." Both vertical and horizontal

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument (1,233 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

visible fossils. In the lands west of the Penobscot River's East Branch, volcanic rock from the Devonian period, mostly Katahdin granite and some Traveler

Cedros (Horta) (3,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

settlers to develop small tracts of land, build homes of ubiquitous volcanic rock and cultivate a subsistence lifestyle: a few animals (cows, lambs or

Intra-volcanic sedimentary rock in North Ethiopia (697 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

SpringerNature. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6. Miruts Hagos and colleagues (2019). The volcanic rock cover of the Dogu'a Tembien massif. In: Geo-Trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical

Fortress of São João Baptista (Angra do Heroísmo) (3,563 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Cordeiro (1717) António Corderio (1717), p.38 The Gate of Arms, in volcanic rock, inspired in the Mannerist-style was originally crowned by the coat-of-arms

Watchung Outliers (1,548 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Watchungs. Finally, at the center of the horseshoe is a dome of volcanic rock forming a hill known as Round Top. The hill is composed of Preakness

Ciomadul (6,480 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

latter of which contains a crater lake, Lake Sfânta Ana. The dominant volcanic rock at Ciomadul is potassium-rich dacite. Volcanic activity at Ciomadul

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument (1,233 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

visible fossils. In the lands west of the Penobscot River's East Branch, volcanic rock from the Devonian period, mostly Katahdin granite and some Traveler

High Island Reservoir (364 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Wikimedia Commons has media related to High Island Reservoir. High Island Reservoir High Island: Internationally rare acidic polygonal volcanic rock columns*

Exfoliation (cosmetology) (2,291 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

avoid exfoliants which have a significant portion of pumice, or crushed volcanic rock. Pumice is known as a material to exfoliate the skin of the feet. Loofahs

Roman concrete (2,032 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Roman concrete, it reacted with phillipsite naturally found in the volcanic rock and created aluminous tobermorite crystals. The result is a candidate

Relocation of moai (1,094 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

only be determined to be made from Easter Island volcanic rock or not made from Easter Island volcanic rock. Determining the age of an Easter Island moai

Geography of Antarctica (2,673 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Antarctic Peninsula. The Marie Byrd land is a large formation of volcanic rock, characterized by 18 exposed and subglacial volcanoes. 16 of the 18

Cedar Breaks National Monument (1,100 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(50 mm) every 5 years. Atop the plateau, much of the area is covered by volcanic rock known as tuff, formed during cataclysmic eruptions around 35 million

Palisade (disambiguation) (497 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

homomorphic encryption schemes Columnar basalt, a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near

Scoria (disambiguation) (97 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

scoria in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scoria is a type of vesicular volcanic rock. Scoria may also refer to: Scoria (wrestler), Mexican wrestler, also

Trask Mountain (752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

peak in Tillamook County in 1852. The mountain is composed of mainly volcanic rock with some sedimentary rocks. Like much of the northern section of the

Île aux Aigrettes (433 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from coral-limestone (unlike the majority of Mauritius which is from volcanic rock). Ile aux Aigrettes conserves the world's only remaining piece of "Mauritius

Old Town, Edinburgh (2,154 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the land pushing soft soil aside but being split by harder crags of volcanic rock. The hilltop crag was the earliest part of the city to develop, becoming

Geology of Ivory Coast (1,016 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Water does occur 20 to 30 meters deep in sands and in cracks in the volcanic rock. Well drilling teams need to remove clay from the borehole to prevent

Canadian Shield (2,251 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mountains, which take the form of greenstone belts in which belts of volcanic rock that have been altered by metamorphism are surrounded by granitic rock

Jeju oreum (3,208 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

formation and preservation are due in part to the high permeability of the volcanic rock. Oreum are considered, along with dol hareubang statues, symbolic of

Rock cycle (2,213 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

illustrated by serpentinization, are an important part of the destruction of volcanic rock. The role of water and other volatiles in the melting of existing crustal

Natrolite (684 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

inesites Natrolite in spherical clusters inside protective pocket of volcanic rock Natrolite sprays of stark white crystals are shooting out from a vug

Wonder, Nevada (539 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mostly of quartz, adularia (a hydrothermal feldspar) and brecciated volcanic rock. The ore minerals, which are contained mostly as fine disseminations

Ross Ice Shelf (2,662 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

This includes McMurdo Station, built next to the Ross Ice Shelf on volcanic rock. One major effort was a series of studies conducted in 1957 and 1958

Pistapaug Mountain (693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called traprock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Monk seal (4,529 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the beaches; Hawaiian monk seals tend to bask on sandy beaches and volcanic rock of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. The habitat of the Mediterranean

MRD-VP-1/1 (315 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Western Reserve University in Ohio dated the nearby minerals in layers of volcanic rock and determined the age of MRD as being around 3.8 million years old

Santa Bárbara (canton) (1,582 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Mountain Range). The Santa Bárbara cantón is constructed largely of volcanic rock from the Holocene Period of the Cenozoic Era. The fluvial system of

Phonolite series in North Ethiopia (343 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

clinkstone) and dimension stones. Miruts Hagos and colleagues (2019). The volcanic rock cover of the Dogu'a Tembien massif. In: Geo-Trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical

Mount Washington Wilderness (1,400 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Mount Washington Wilderness are underlain by Eocene to Pliocene volcanic rock layers, which do not contain hydrocarbons for fossil fuels. While there

Huaynaputina (18,931 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

out vegetation, buried the surrounding area with 2 metres (7 ft) of volcanic rock and damaged infrastructure and economic resources. The eruption had

Hatchett Hill (611 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Metacomet Ridge, is composed of basalt, also called trap rock, a volcanic rock. The mountain formed near the end of the Triassic Period with the rifting

Maletto (877 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

territory around Maletto is also marked by the presence of lava flows and volcanic rock formations, remnants of past volcanic activity from Mount Etna. These

List of decorative stones (483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sandstone Slate Steatite (Soapstone) Stromatolites Syenite Tezontle — a volcanic rock used in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican architecture. Archaeological sites

Sinus Sabaeus quadrangle (2,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

up into large boulders so they are probably much harder. Basalt, a volcanic rock, is thought to in the layers that form boulders. Basalt has been identified

Raqch'i (1,709 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

white robe and a staff in his hand. He then thrust the staff into the volcanic rock which caused water to flow. "This is the most sacred spring in South

San Rafael Falls (2,256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the falls collapsed into a massive sinkhole behind the layer of hard volcanic rock that formed its lip, creating a large natural bridge spanning the Coca

Scoria brick (381 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

meaning "Excrement", but came to be used by the romans for a kind of volcanic rock. The bricks were invented by Darlington industrialist Joseph Woodward

Ore resources on Mars (3,336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dunes are common on the surface of Mars. Their dark tone is due to the volcanic rock called basalt. The basalt dunes are believed to contain the minerals

Geology of the Republic of the Congo (1,161 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mayoko and Zanago. Greenstone belts have sequences of metamorphic and volcanic rock that preserve ancient tectonics from the Archean. The Mayoko greenstone

Leeward Islands (Society Islands) (908 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Mopelia) to the southeast. The islands are mountainous, consisting of volcanic rock. They are formed of trachyte, dolerite and basalt. There are raised

West Malpais Wilderness (1,060 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the wilderness known as "Hole-In-The-Wall", where spreading waves of volcanic rock surround an island of ponderosa pine. A dry and hot environment known