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What kind of volcano is a composite volcano?
A composite volcano is steep, as thick, viscious lava spurts out. Because as the thick lava is dense, it travels very slowly down and cools down farly quickly. Because of this, the composite volcano is steep sided. It also emits a lot of ash and is less deadly than a shield volcano.
What kind of lava does a lava volcano 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 type of eruption does erebus have?
It's a composite volcano (also known as stratovolcano), which means that it has a big eruption followed by small lava flows. A composite volcano is the deadliest type of volcano and is also the biggest kind.
Is composite volcano made of entirely running lava?
Shield Volcanoes are made out of running lava. Not composite.
Was the eruption of montserrat a composite volcano?
No. The term compostie volcano describes a kind of volcano, not a kind of volcanic eruption. The Soufrière Hills on Montserrat is indeed a composite volcano, however, whether it is erupting or not.
What kind of eruption form composite cone volcano?
Composite volcanoes are highly variable in what they erupt. Most often, eruptions will release clouds of ash, pumice, and rock fragments. In some cases they fountain or extrude lava.
What type of volcano is made from alternating layers of lava and ash?
The composite volcano.
What type of volcano is made from alternating layers of rock and lava?
The Composite volcano.
Is Fuego volcano a shield volcano a compostie volcano or a cinder cone volcano?
The Arenal Volcano is a cinder cone volcano
What is the difference between a stratovolcano and a composite?
A stratovolcano is a type of volcano with steep sides composed of alternating layers of solidified lava flows, volcanic ash, and rocks. A composite volcano is another name for a stratovolcano, both refer to the same type of volcano.
What volcano has pyroclastic flow in addition to liquid lava?
the volcano that has pyroclastic flow in addition to liquid lava is the composite or stratovolcano.
What type of eruption does composite volcano have?
The type of eruption that a composite volcano has is lava flow with cinders and bombs in an explosive eruption
