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Descriptor English: Volcanoes
Descriptor Spanish: Volcanes
Descriptor volcanes
Entry term(s) cráter volcánico
domo volcánico
estratovolcán
lapilli
piroclasto
proyectil volcánico
proyectiles volcánicos
volcán
Scope note: Montaña formada por la acumulación local de material volcánico alrededor de una abertura. (Material II-IDNDR, 1992).
Descriptor Portuguese: Vulcões
Descriptor French: Volcans
Entry term(s): Composite Volcano
Ejecta
Pyroclastic Material
Strato-Volcano
Strato-Volcanoes
Stratovolcano
Stratovolcanoes
Volcanic Crater
Volcanic Dome
Volcano
Tree number(s): SP4.606.102.899
SP8.190.450.855
Scope note: The mountain formed by local accumulation of volcanic materials around an erupting vent (Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Ash DeCS
Volcanic Eruptions MeSH
DeCS ID: 32488
Unique ID: DDCS032488
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Volcanoes - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060422
Scope note The mountain formed by local accumulation of volcanic materials around an erupting vent (Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Preferred term Volcanoes
Entry term(s) Ejecta
Pyroclastic Material
Volcanic Crater
Volcanic Dome
Volcano
Stratovolcano - Narrower
Concept UI FD00060975
Scope note Volcanic complex composed of the piling up of lava flows and of pyroclastic beds. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Preferred term Stratovolcano
Entry term(s) Composite Volcano
Strato-Volcano
Strato-Volcanoes
Stratovolcanoes



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