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Hydrovolcanic Feature

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Definition

Features formed by explosive magma–water or lava–water interaction (often termed phreatomagmatism or hydromagmatism, although only phreatomagmatism is used herein, e.g., rootless cone, maar, tuff cone); nonexplosive magma–water or lava–water interaction (e.g., basaltic ring structures, pillow lavas); magma–ice interaction (termed glaciovolcanism, e.g., tuya, tindar); or rapid vaporization of a hydrothermal system due to interaction of water with hot rock (phreatic activity, e.g., geysers, hydrothermal explosion craters).

Subtypes

Sheridan and Wohletz, 1983 and references therein, Wohletz 2003 and references therein, Hydrovolcanic features are produced by the following processes (Keszthelyi et al. 2010; Burr et al. 2009):

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    Phreatomagmatism refers to the explosive interaction between magma and shallow bodies of water (e.g., lake, shallow sea) or groundwater. Littoral explosions occur when erupted lava flows over saturated sediments or into a body of water.

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Keywords

  • Steam Explosion
  • External Water
  • Pyroclastic Density Current
  • Littoral Cone
  • Juvenile Clast

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  1. Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID, 83725-1535, USA

    Brittany D. Brand

  2. Planetary Science Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    Henrik Hargitai

  3. Institute of Geophysics of Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

    Petr Brož

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Brand, B.D., Hargitai, H., Brož, P. (2014). Hydrovolcanic Feature. In: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_469-1

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