composite cone
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composite cone — noun : a volcanic cone composed of intermingled masses or alternate layers of lava and fragmental material … Useful english dictionary
cone|flow|er — «KOHN FLOW uhr», noun. 1. any one of a genus of plants of the composite family, having showy flowers with a black or dark cone shaped center and orange yellow rays. 2. any one of various related plants … Useful english dictionary
composite volcano — one in which the cone is made up of alternating layers of lavas and ashes … Geography glossary
Nose cone — For the Transformers character, see Nosecone (Transformers). A nose cone that contained one of the Voyager spacecraft, mounted on top of a Titan III/Centaur launch vehicle … Wikipedia
Volcan composite — Stratovolcan Le Mont Fuji au Japon … Wikipédia en Français
Chester Cone — Location of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Chester Cone is the ice free peak rising to 188 m in the central part of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica surmounting Midge… … Wikipedia
Mount Garibaldi — as seen from Squamish Elevation 2,678 m (8,786 ft) … Wikipedia
stratovolcano — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY also called a stratocone or composite cone A steep sided volcano, usually conical in shape, built of lava flows and fragmental deposits from explosive eruptions. GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS A generally steep… … Glossary of volcanic terms
Tofua — Caldera, in Tonga, is the summit caldera of a steep sided composite cone that forms Tofua Island. Pre caldera activity is recorded by a sequence of pyroclastic deposits and lavas constituting the older cone, followed on the northern part of the… … Wikipedia
Mount Erebus — Mt. Erebus Mount Erebus, 1972 Elevation 3,794 m (12,448 ft) … Wikipedia
