What type of eruptions does mount kilauea have?

Answer 1

There are several different types of volcanic eruptions, such as Strombolian, Vulcanian, Vesuvian, Pelean, and Hawaiian. The eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii in 1959 was an "Hawaiian eruption", also known as a fissure eruption.

Hawaiian eruptions eject volcanic matter (ash, lava, etc) through a linear fissure or fracture, or through a central vent. Kilauea erupted through a central vent, and this style of eruption is usually characterised by fiery lava fountains that extend hundreds of feet into the air.

Answer 2

When Kilauea erupts, it has produced very fluid magma flows. The volcano has been producing these types of basalt flows during its current eruption since 1983. Kilauea historically however has had several types of eruptions in its geologic past. In 1790 Kilauea had a very explosive eruption similar in style to the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens.

Answer 3

Kilauea is a Shield Volcano known to erupt flows of basaltic lava across its slopes. These extremely fluid flows allow for the volcanoes gentle slopes that are notorious for the Hawaiian volcanoes. Kilauea is also an infant geologically speaking being not even a half a million years old, therefore it is still in the shield forming stage of its life and will have much more life left in it. Currently Kilauea is erupting from both the summit as well as the Middle East rift zone, although all of the lava is being confined to lava lakes within these locations it will be interesting to see where the eruption evolves from here. Daily updates and information on the processes which have shaped Kiluaea are available at Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatories website through the United States Geological Survey.

Answer 4

it has huge eruptions

Answer 5

kilauea is a shield volcano