Subglacial mound
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subglacial-mound-285-2305824
title:
Subglacial mound
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A subglacial mound (SUGM) is a type of subglacial volcano. This type of volcano forms when lava erupts beneath a thick glacier or ice sheet. The magma forming these volcanoes was not hot enough to melt a vertical pipe right through the overlying glacial ice, instead forming hyaloclastite and pillow lava deep beneath the glacial ice field. Once the glaciers had retreated, the subglacial volcano would be revealed, with a unique shape as a result of their confinement within glacial ice. They are so
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Volcano formed when lava erupts beneath a thick glacier or ice sheet
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subglacial_mound
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2022-12-30T14:26:15Z
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