Fissures

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What are FISSURES? (It's in the volcanic activity notes)

-- Amanda Fields (fields@oswego.edu), April 03, 2001

Answers

The answer to your question is on page 101 in our test under "Fissure Eruptions." These fissure eruptions occur along mid-ocean ridges. Fissures are cracks in the earth surface that open up and lava flows out to flood the area around it.

-- Tina Miller (sultice@msn.com), April 03, 2001.

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