Kilauea erupts low-silica lava.
Lava with high silica content will erupt explosively, if it has low silica content it will flow.
Because Mount Rainier is a Strato Volcano it has both quiet and explosive eruptions. Explosive(pyroclastic) flows have a high silica level. Quiet have low silica levels. The more silica the thicker the magma.
Occasionally, yes. Most of Kilauea's eruptions are effusive, however.
Mt. Etna is a stratovolcano like Krakatoa and Mt. Vesuvius, therefore it has a high silica content. Though lava with a high silica content does not tend to travel very far away from the source; it can be a double edged sword as magma with a high silica content tends to trap gasses until it reaches a bursting point, ending in a massive eruption.
A magma containing not much silica (= SiO2). For example: a basaltic magma. These magma's have a low viscosity since the lower the SiO2-content, the lower the viscosity; and hence flow easily (↔ a felsic magma).
No. Kilauea erupts low-silica lava.
Lava with high silica content will erupt explosively, if it has low silica content it will flow.
Because Mount Rainier is a Strato Volcano it has both quiet and explosive eruptions. Explosive(pyroclastic) flows have a high silica level. Quiet have low silica levels. The more silica the thicker the magma.
Occasionally, yes. Most of Kilauea's eruptions are effusive, however.
Mt. Etna is a stratovolcano like Krakatoa and Mt. Vesuvius, therefore it has a high silica content. Though lava with a high silica content does not tend to travel very far away from the source; it can be a double edged sword as magma with a high silica content tends to trap gasses until it reaches a bursting point, ending in a massive eruption.
No. Pillow lava is basaltic, so it has a low silica content.
low silica content (basaltic magma)
low silica content (basaltic magma)
It determines high silica or low silica. It will determine if it is sticky or not, or if it flows fast or slow. *high in silica~Sticky, and slow. Will not flow easily. *low in silica~Fact, not sticky. Will flow easily.
A magma containing not much silica (= SiO2). For example: a basaltic magma. These magma's have a low viscosity since the lower the SiO2-content, the lower the viscosity; and hence flow easily (↔ a felsic magma).
A'a lava has a generally low silica content. Having low silica content means that it also has a low viscosity level. Having a low viscosity level means that it flows easily.
A high silica content of the magma will form tall, steep-sided, or cone-shaped mountains. A low silica content produces shield shaped or broad volcanoes.