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Remember Spatter Cone

Spatter Cone Remembered!

Spatter Cone Technical Terms

Spatter Cone: A small, steep-sided cone (e.g., 3 – 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 cone; rougher lava clots than a spiracle. Compare – spiracle. SW



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