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What is the difference between shield volcano and composite volcanoes?
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A shield volcano is made from lava flows that flow far, making a very wide, not very steep mountain. A cinder cone volcano is the most common type of volcano. It is formed from volcanic fragments and is very steep sided, although not always extremely tall. They usually have just one main vent, and can also sometimes form from a vent of a larger volcano, growing and becoming a whole new volcano. Composite volcanoes resemble very large cinder cone volcanoes at first, but have bigger particles making them up usually and also have multiple vents more often. They also are potentially more explosive.
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Shield Volcanoes erupt less violently and flows further then composite volcanoes. A composite volcano erupts more violently.
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What is the difference between a stratovolcano and a composite?
There isn't. Stratovolcano and composite volcano refer to the same kind of volcano.
What is a small volcanic mountain wih a narrow base and steep sides?
a cinder cone volcano
A volcano formed over time from thousands of lava eruptions that deposit layer after layer of new crust?
A composite volcano is formed over time from thousands of lava eruptions that form layer after layer of new crust. These composite volcanoes are the most prevalent type of volcano.
Does a cinder cone volcano erupt violently?
Cinder Cone volcanoes do explode violently, but not as violently as a composite volcanoes.Yes, they are rather very loud and explosive.
What type of volcanoe is mount saint helens?
A composite volcano.
What is the difference between a composite and shield a Volcano?
Shield Volcanoes erupt less violently and flows further then composite volcanoes. A composite volcano erupts more violently.
What are the three volcanoes?
the three volcanoes are: composite volcano, shield volcano, and cinder cone :)
What is the difference between a stratovolcano and a composite?
There isn't. Stratovolcano and composite volcano refer to the same kind of volcano.
What type of volcano are most volcanoes?
Composite or Strato Volcanoes.
What are the 3types of volcanoes?
Cinder cone, stratovolcano, shield volcano
What are the three types volcano?
A shield volcano, cinder cone volcano, and the composite volcano. Shield volcanoes are on of the three types of volcanoes. Shield volcanoes have quiet eruptions and the lava is basaltic. Its slope is shallow compared to a composite volcano and a cinder-cone volcano. They are produced by hotspots and mid-ocean ridge. Cinder-cone volcanoes are the second of the three types of volcanoes. Cinder-cone volcanoes. Cinder-cone volcanoes have explosive eruptions that release lava high in the air. They are created by tephra, volcanic ash. Its slope ranges between 30 degrees and 40 degrees. The lava is andesitic. Composite volcanoes are the third type of volcanoes. Their eruptions vary from loud and explosive to quiet. Composite volcanoes cab rise as high as 8000 feet and are steep. An example of composite volcanoes is Mount Fuji. Composite volcanoes spew felsic lava and they are built up by layers of harden lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash.
What is also known as stratovolcanoes?
The type of volcano is a composite volcano.
What are the 3 main volcanoes?
cinder cone volcano, strato volcano, and composite volcano
What kind of lava do Composite Volcanoes have?
The textbook answer would be granitic or rhyolitic lava. In reality composite volcanoes are highly variable, erupting the full range from basaltic to rhyolitic (granitic) materal and everything in between includin andesite and dacite. One composite volcano in Africa erupts unique carbonatite lava.
What kind of volcanoes are found on io?
answer: composite volcano's
How does the type of volcano composite cone rupture?
Answer by FutureLPGAgolferComposite Cone - Alternation between quiet and explosive volcanoes.
Is Fuego volcano a shield volcano a compostie volcano or a cinder cone volcano?
The Arenal Volcano is a cinder cone volcano
