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Oregon State University - Volcano index Category: Sciences > Geology and volcanology Date & country: 27/01/2011, USA Words: 205

Vulcan
Roman god of fire and the forge after whom volcanoes are named.

Vulcanian
A type of eruption consisting of the explosive ejection of incandescent fragments of new viscous lava, usually on the form of blocks.

Water Table
The surface between where the pore space in rock is filled with water and where the the pore space in rock is filled with air.

Xenocrysts
A crystal that resembles a phenocryst in igneous rock, but is a foreign to the body of rock in which it occurs.

Xenoliths
A foreign inclusion in an igneous rock.