Its has to do with the composition of the magma. Kilauea's magma has magma with a low-silica content. This means it has a low viscosity (is runny) and thus a low gas content. As a result it doesn't damage much force to cause it to erupt, and the low gas content means there is little, if any, explosive component to the eruptions. The lava, as it is called on the surface, can then flow downhill pretty easily. It hardens into a rock called basalt Mount St Helens contains magma with a high silica content. This gives it a very high viscosity, meaning it flows with great difficulty. The high viscosity means it can hold a lot of dissolved gasses. When this magma approaches the surface, the low pressure causes the gasses to form bubbles. Since the high viscosity has held this process back for quite some time, once it starts, it happens rapidly and violently. Thus, sudden expansion of gasses results in an explosion, turning the magma into a sort of spray that becomes ash while chunks of lava "foam" become pumice. When lava with a lower gas content does erupt, it is so viscous that it does easily flow downhill and instead builds into a crumbly structure called a lava dome. The rock formed by lava from Mount St Helens is called Dacite.
Kilauea is the best-known and most active of the Hawaiian volcanoes.
There are two active volcanoes in the Hawaiian islands, Mauna Loa and Kilauea
Kilauea is an example of a (shield) volcano.
because pahoehoe is a slow erupting kind of lava as well as the fact that kilauea is a hawaiian volcano (that is the type)
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Kilauea The Hawaiian Volcano - 1918 was released on: USA: 29 December 1918
Its a volcano in the Hawaiian Islands
It is not on any continent - it is part of the Hawaiian islands which are in the Pacific ocean.
Kilauea is the best-known and most active of the Hawaiian volcanoes.
The Kilauea volcano is located in the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.
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There are two active volcanoes in the Hawaiian islands, Mauna Loa and Kilauea
Kilauea is an example of a (shield) volcano.
because pahoehoe is a slow erupting kind of lava as well as the fact that kilauea is a hawaiian volcano (that is the type)
The Big Island, also called Hawai'i
umm yeah i think is. google the answer if you want.
No. Hawaii is a state in the United States of America. Kilauea is a volcano in that state.