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Kilauea is made up of lava flows. Lava pours out of the volcano in thin sheets, building up the volcano over time.
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Kilauea is a volcano or a mountain?
Kilauea is an volcano active volcano on the eastern side of the island of Hawaii. It is one of five volcanoes that make up the island. Kilauea is by far the most active of the Hawaiian volcanoes, and is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. The most recent eruption of Kilauea started in 1983 and is still ongoing. In other words, lava has been pouring out of the volcano almost nonstop for 30 years.
What kind of rock forms from the lava of an erupting volcano?
Extrusive igneous rock.
What kind of rock will from when a volcano erupts?
Volcanoes produce extrusive igneous rock.
What kind of rock is formed after a volcano erupts?
Extrusive igneous rock such as basalt, rhyolite, pumice, and obsidian.
What types of rock does a volcano make?
That depends on the chemistry of magma the volcano erupts - Basalt, andesite, rhyolite etc. but Generically the rock coming out of a volcano is called lava rock (pahoehoe or aa) but one can also get pumice or ignimbrites.
Will Kilauea ever become a batholith?
No. A volcano cannot become a batholith. A batholith is a mass of rock that forms from magma solidifying underground. Kilauea is a volcano built up from lava that has cooled on the surface.
Kilauea is a volcano or a mountain?
Kilauea is an volcano active volcano on the eastern side of the island of Hawaii. It is one of five volcanoes that make up the island. Kilauea is by far the most active of the Hawaiian volcanoes, and is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. The most recent eruption of Kilauea started in 1983 and is still ongoing. In other words, lava has been pouring out of the volcano almost nonstop for 30 years.
What types of volcano rock fragments or lava come out of kilauea volcano?
Kilauea generally produces lava flows and lava fountains. Its current activity has also involved the formation of lava lakes. All of the lava involved is basaltic.
Volcano rock is what kind of rock?
igneous
What kind of rock is left after a volcano erupts?
igneacious
What kind of rock forms from the lava of an erupting volcano?
Extrusive igneous rock.
What kind of rock will from when a volcano erupts?
Volcanoes produce extrusive igneous rock.
What type of volcanic rock fragments or lava come out of the kilauea volcano?
Kilauea generally produces lava flows and lava fountains. Its current activity has also involved the formation of lava lakes. All of the lava involved is basaltic.
When melted rock erupts from a volcano and hardens what kind of rock does it form?
Extrusive igneous rock.
What is kind of mountain rock that comes out of a volcano?
It is known as magma, but the actual type of rock depends on the volcano. Sorry not to be of much help.
What effects make when a volcano erupts?
Lava and rock explode out of the volcano then lava pours down the volcano covering the land then turning into rock making the volcano bigger.
What kind of igneous rock will form when a volcano sends lava into the air?
extrusive igneous rock
