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Diagram showing the cycling of silica in the marine environment, with arrows illustrating processes such as river influx, inorganic adsorption, biological fixation by radiolarian and diatom skeletons, dissolution, deposition as opaline skeletal debris, upwelling, and hydrothermal activity, all within labeled ocean zones.

Why some volcanic eruptions are more explosive than others

silica: Media

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Why some volcanic eruptions are more explosive than others

Why some volcanic eruptions are more explosive than others

Learn about magma and how its components affect its rate of flow and the overall...

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quartz

quartz

Quartz, one of the main crystalline varieties of silica.

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Diagram showing the cycling of silica in the marine environment, with arrows illustrating processes such as river influx, inorganic adsorption, biological fixation by radiolarian and diatom skeletons, dissolution, deposition as opaline skeletal debris, upwelling, and hydrothermal activity, all within labeled ocean zones.

silica cycle

Cycling of silica in the marine environment. Silicon commonly occurs in nature as...

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