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Dacite (/ˈdeɪsaɪt/) is a
volcanic rock
formed by
rapid solidification of lava that is high in
silica and low in
alkali metal oxides. It has a fine-grained...
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although the
majority are of
intermediate composition (such as Santiaguito,
dacite-andesite,
present day). The
characteristic dome
shape is
attributed to high...
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called the
Pagosa Peak
Dacite, made of
dacite that is very
similar to that of the Fish
Canyon Tuff. The
Pagosa Peak
Dacite,
which has characteristics...
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smaller dacite domes such as the 1,100-year-old
Chaos Crags have
formed around L****en.
Phreatic (steam explosion) eruptions,
dacite and andesite...
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characteristic mixture of
dacite and andesite,
while modern lava is very
diverse (ranging from
olivine basalt to
andesite and
dacite).: 214 St. Helens started...
- (611 m),
about 1,400 feet (430 m)
above the flat prairie. This
Pleistocene dacite lava dome is part of the
Cascade Volcanic Arc, and with an age of only about...
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navigation is difficult, and a
false summit may
cause confusion.
Pagosa Peak
Dacite, a type of
pyroclastic rock that
originated in the La
Garita Caldera, is...
- is one of Philmont's most po****r sights. It is an
igneous intrusion of
dacite porphyry formed in the
Paleogene Period of the
Cenozoic Era some 22-40 million...
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known as the
bride of
mountains in Iran.
Sahand is made
chiefly of
dacite and ****ociated
felsic rocks.
Sahand Ski
Resort is on the
northern foothills...
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Rhyodacite is a
volcanic rock
intermediate in
composition between dacite and rhyolite. It is the
extrusive equivalent of
those plutonic rocks that are...
