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How can you tell that Mount Fuji is a composite volcano rather than a shield volcano?
The volcano is very wide it means that it has mafic magma. The composite volcanoes have mafic magma in them. When the volcano erupts the lava flows down really fast, but hardens really slowly causing the volcano to widen its width size.
What lava type does the Santa Ana volcano have?
Mafic
Do cinder cones erupt felsic or mafic lava?
Composite volcanoes can erupt both mafic and felsic material, but intermediate material is the most common.
Which volcano has both felsic and mafic in it?
Mount Fuji because it is a composite volcano.
Is mauna kea mafic or felsic?
As a shield volcano, Mauna Kea erupts mafic lava.
Is mauna loa mafic or felsic?
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens produced dacite, which has an intermediate-felsic composition.
What kind of mafic lava do composite volcanoes have?
Composite volcanoes usually do not erupt mafic material. Intermediate material is the most common. The mafic material they do erupt is usually basalt.
What kind of lava do Composite volcanoes produce?
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Do composite cone volcanoes have mafic lava?
They can. Composite volcanoes vary in what they erupt. Many composite volcanoes are composed of a mixture of mafic, felsic, and intermediate rock. However, in most cases intermediated or felsic rock predominates.
Does paricutin mafic or felsic lava?
Paricutin volcano in Mexico predominantly erupted mafic lava, which is rich in magnesium and iron and has a low silica content. This type of lava tends to flow more easily compared to felsic lava.
Is composite volcano made of entirely running lava?
Shield Volcanoes are made out of running lava. Not composite.
What type of lava does shield a shield volcano have?
Mafic, more commonly called Basaltic.
