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Question
Which type of lavas weather into more fertile soil. Name also one useful feature of volcanicity other than soil fertility.
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Solution
Basic – type lava sheet weather into fertile soil e.g.Deccan trap soil. Other useful feature of volcanicity is that the precious minerals come out with the magma near the land surface e.g. diamond and gold etc.
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