MST 202 - Oceanic magmas and volcanoes

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• Occurrence, structure, and types of volcanoes on the ocean floor.

• Distribution, formation, activities, and eruptions of the marine volcanoes.

• Oceanic ridge systems – varieties, distribution, characteristic structures, and features.

• Magma types and materials.

• Lava flows on the sea floor – their characteristics, structures, features, mineral, and rock types.

• Resources from marine volcanoes – economic minerals and associated biological species.