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  1. VULCANICITY DEFINITION: Vulcanicity refers to the rising of Molten Rock or Magma or other gaseous materials beneath the earth’s crust forcing its way into planes of weakness or Vent of …

  2. It entails: Definition of earth movements Explaining the causes of horizontal and vertical earth movements. Explaining theories of continental drift and plate tectonics Defining folding, …

  3. VULCANICITY This is a process through which molten rocks (magma) are either intruded within the earth’s crust or extruded onto the earth’s surface. Vulcanicity is aided by the process of …

  4. Two factors are critical in the evolution of the type of volcano. Firstly, the shape of a volcano is largly determined by the viscosity of the lava it ejects. Viscosity refers to the degree of …

  5. How Large is an Eruption and How Long Does it Last? What are Volcanoes? Do all Eruptions Build up Volcanoes? Is it Possible to Predict Eruptions?

  6. Concept of volcanicity For geoscientists, a volcano is a vent, or opening on the earth's surface, through which heated materials consisting of gases, water, liquid lava and fragments of rocks …

  7. Vulcanicity is the process through which solid, liquid or gaseous materials are forced into the earth’s crust or onto the earth’s surface due to high pressure and temperature.