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    A rootless cone, also formerly called a pseudocrater, is a volcanic landform which resembles a true volcanic crater, but differs in that it is not an...
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    unconsolidated, cinder cones tend to erode rapidly unless further eruptions occur. Rootless cones, also called pseudocraters, are volcanic cones that are not directly...
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    (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈrœyðˌhouːlar̥]) are remnants of a cluster of rootless cones in Elliðaárhraun [ˈɛtlɪːðaˌaur̥ˌr̥œyːn] lava fields on the south-eastern...
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    association with lava caves and the formation of rootless cones due to their mechanism of formation and a rootless cone was suggested to exist at Wiri being Matukutūreia...
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    steam which blows out a ring or cone. Rootless Cones, as seen by HiRISE under HiWish program. These group of rings or cones are thought to be caused by lava...
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  • produces a cone or ring. Features like these are found in Iceland, when lavas cover water-saturated substrates. Wide view of field of rootless cones, as seen...
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    elevation (red) to lowest (dark blue) is 170 m (560 ft). So-called "rootless cones" are caused by explosions of lava with ground ice under the flow. The...
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    monument. Other rootless cone groups in this lava field are in the valley Laxárdalur and the plain Aðaldalur. The formation of rootless cones halted the advance...
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  • of a caldera floor due to movement in the magma chamber beneath it Rootless cone, also known as pseudocrater – Volcanic landform Seamount – Mountain...
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    Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain...
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  • Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain...
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    Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain...
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  • Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain...
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    volcano-like landforms called pseudocraters, or rootless cones. Features that resemble terrestrial rootless cones occur in Elysium, Amazonis, and Isidis and...
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    Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain...
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    Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain...
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    Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain...
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    Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain...
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    (December 12, 2023) Cave entrances Face on Mars Mars monolith Mars rootless cones "Face on Mars" – due to Sun's lighting (Viking 1 orbiter; July 25, 1976)...
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    Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain...
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    Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain...
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    Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain...
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    as seen by HiRISE. Plateau made up of Medusae Fossae materials and rootless cones, as seen by HiRISE. Surfaces in Amazonis quadrangle, as seen by HiRISE...
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    explosions on a swamp or more probably on small lake which produced the rootless cone group Rauðhólar. The pseudocraters are located immediately at the western...
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    McPhie, J.; Carey, R.J. (November 2021). "Apparently 'dry' littoral rootless cones in Hawaiʻi formed by sustained, "confined" mixing of lava and sea water"...
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    cone caves are. Their morphology is otherwise identical to the spatter cone caves. The rootless vent caves are also separated from the spatter cone caves...
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    termed by some authors as volcanic rootless constructs (VRC). This class of lava-water interactions includes rootless cones, but have fewer genetic implications...
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  • Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain...
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    Polar caps polar wander Recurring slope lineae (RSL) Ring mold craters Rootless cones Seasonal flows Soil Spherules Surface "Swiss cheese" feature Terrain...
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