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Shield volcanoes are made primarily of basalt.
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What kind of rock does the kilauea volcano make?
Kilauea is made up of lava flows. Lava pours out of the volcano in thin sheets, building up the volcano over time.
How many types of rocks are there in a volcano?
there are 3 different kinds of volcanoes: shield volcano composite volcano cinder-cone volcano
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 rock type is found underlying a volcano?
Igneous
What type of volcano is in Ship Rock?
shield volcano
Where is volcano rock found?
Volcano rock near volcano's, which are found near plate boundary's.
What kind of rock does the kilauea volcano make?
Kilauea is made up of lava flows. Lava pours out of the volcano in thin sheets, building up the volcano over time.
Volcano rock is what kind of rock?
igneous
What kind of volcanoes is in Hawaii?
A shield volcano - a huge, flat shape, kind of like a giant contact lens made of rock and filled with magma, pressed against the earth's surface
What do you call a gap in the earths crust through which molten rock escapes onto the earths surface?
Volcano or shield volcano.
How many types of rocks are there in a volcano?
there are 3 different kinds of volcanoes: shield volcano composite volcano cinder-cone volcano
What type of boundary is a shield volcano?
is the type of volcano that often erupts with a mix of stream,ash,rock and dust causing a pyroclastic folw
Is a shield volcano the same thing as a cinder cone volcano?
No. A shield volcano is a large volcano with broad, shallow slopes formed from layers of lava flows formed by non-explosive eruptions. A cinder cone volcano is a small, steep-sloped volcano composed of pieces of rock formed by lava that was ejected explosively into the air.
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.
