Hence, they can serve as an idealized end-member model for microclimate studies, except perhaps for the permeability of the
cinder cones (Woodcock and Friedman 1979; Woodcock 1987).
Magma spewed from 100-foot-high (30-meter-high)
cinder cones and formed elevated ponds of molten rock that were expected to soon overflow and stream into the next rows of homes -- Kahukai Street and Mohala Street.
Other types of volcanoes are
cinder cones, composite volcanoes, and lava domes.
Stretching along 150-miles through desolate arid landscape, this iconic western desert features singing sand dunes, volcanic
cinder cones, Joshua tree forests, salt flats and places with fascinating names such as the Devil's Playground.
Haleakala silverswords--'ahinahina or "very gray" in Hawaiian--live only in a 2,500-acre area at the top of the Haleakala volcano, a moonscape pocked by
cinder cones and spattered with volcanic bombs.
We left the airport and drove northwest for about 40 minutes before turning onto a dirt road into the vast desert dotted with
cinder cones. We then wound for miles toward what seemed the middle of nowhere, but then my driver pointed out Roden Grater, the
cinder cone that artist James Turrell has been sculpting for decades into a celestial observatory.
They are larger than
cinder cones, rising up to 8,000 feet (2,438m).
Visitors can go 15 minutes down the road to Snow Canyon State Park to enjoy hiking and seeing the red rock formations, lava flows and extinct
cinder cones. An hour away is the beauty of Zion National Park, and two and a half hours away is Bryce Canyon National Park.
UO geologists studied water and other elements they pulled from surface rocks on
cinder cones surrounding Mount Lassen in California.
Consider our situation: On the inbound side were large marsh areas and a huge lake; outbound, lava fields and
cinder cones. Not great places for an emergency landing.
The volcanic field includes over 600 Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene volcanic vents, volcanoes,
cinder cones, and their associated sheet deposits and lava flows (Tanaka et al., 1986) and covers approximately 5,000 km2 (Moore et al., 1976).