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What is a volcano made of alternating layers of lava and tephra?
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composite volcanoes
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Volcano made of alternating layers of lava and tephra is what?
composite volcanoes
A steep sided mountain composed of alternating layers of lava and tephra?
This is called a stratovolcano or a composite volcano.
What is mount st helens made out of?
alternating layers of lava and tephra
What type of volcano formed by alternating layers of tephra and lava?
A stratovolcano .
What type of volcano is made of layers of tephra and lava?
A stratovolcano.
What type of volcano is made from alternating layers of rock and lava?
The Composite volcano.
What type of volcano is made from alternating layers of lava and ash?
The composite volcano.
Of the three primary forms of subaerial volcanoes consist of alternating layers of tephra and solidified lava?
Stratovolcanoes
What is a cone-shaped mountain that is built from layers of lava?
A cone shaped mountain that is built from layers of lava is called a volcano.However, that description does not quite fit any of the three accepted descriptions of the world's volcanoes.A dome shaped mountain built from layers of lavais called a 'shield volcano'.A cone shaped mountain built from layers of cinders (tephra) is called a 'cinder cone' or a 'cinder cone volcano'.A cone shaped mountain built from alternating layers of lava and cinders is called a 'composite volcano'.
What are tall cone shaped mountains in which layers of lava alternate with layers of ash called?
A cone shaped mountain formed from layers of lava and ash (tephra, cinders) is called a 'composite volcano' or a 'stratovolcano'. Both names refer to the alternating layers.
Is Augustine volcano a composite volcano?
Yes, with its thick lava alternating with layers of ash,cinders, and rocks, its definitly a composite volcano.
These things come out of a volcano after an eruption?
lava,ash,tephra,volcanic bombs
