"This primary magma is hotter and lighter than the surrounding material, ascending to the surface and stops into a point called magma chimney, a gathering location of the network of tunnels through which it has advanced till then."
Response last updated by CmdrK on Sep 01 2016.
Mar 14 2004, 5:18 PM
Kainantu
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Kainantu
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Correct term is vent.
Vent: The opening at the earth's surface through which volcanic materials issue forth
Pipe: A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano, through which magmatic materials have passed. Commonly filled with volcanic breccia and fragments of older rock