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What is a cinder cone volcaono?

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

A cinder cone is formed when a very gassy magma erupts, it is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments (volcanic clinkers, cinders, volcanic ash) called scoria.

The explosive eruptions or lava fountains occur from single, typically cylindrical, vents and as the gas-charged lava is blown violently into the air, it breaks into small fragments that solidify and fall as scoria around the vent to form a cone that often is beautifully symmetrical; with slopes between 30-40° with a bowl shaped depression at the top.

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