Shield volcanoes
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2009-03
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Barker, Daniel S.
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Field geology, Field photography, Volcanology, Volcanic rocks, Igneous rocks, Shield volcanoes, eruption, magma conduit, lava flows, basalt, andesite, trachyte, pyroclastic deposits, volcanic ash, Asbyrgi,Iceland, Stratigraphy, Rana Kau shield volcano, Rapa Nui, Mauna Loa, Hawaii, Mars, Mauna Kea, Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, scoria cones, Maui, Hawaii, Haleakala, Hawai, rift zone, craters, dikes, topographic divides, caldera, erosion, intrusive rock (dikes and sills), gravitational instability, sea floor, Hawaiian Islands, Holei Pali fault scarp, Kilauea, slumping, Galapagos Islands, Fernandina, volcanologists, Hekla, Iceland, fissure, ash, stratovolcano, Trolladyngja, Iceland, Mauna Ulu ("Growing Mountain"), Longonot, Kenya, trachyte shield volcano, East African Rift, Newberry volcano, Oregon, rhyolite, Mount Washington, Oregon, glaciation, Snake River Plain, Idaho