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What type of volcano forms a relatively small steep sided cone?
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Cinder Cone Volcano
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Is Eldfell volcano a cinder cone volcano?
No. A cinder cone volcano is relatively small, short lived volcano. The yellowstone volcano is a supervolcano. It does not fit into the more common classes.
How is a cinder cone volcano different from a hot spot volcano?
A hot spot volcano is a volcano is one that forms as a result of an extra hot area of the mantle just beneath the crust. Such volcanoes are often far from plate boundaries. A cinder cone volcano is a relatively small volcano with steep slopes made of cinders. The two are not mutually exclusive: some cinder cone volcanoes are associated with hot spots.
What does a cinder cone look like?
A cinder cone volcano is steep-sided with slopes made of small, jagged rocks that are usually dark in color.
A bowl shaped depression that forms around the vent of a volcano is a?
The bowl shaped depression that forms around the central vent of a volcano is called a crater. Craters are small, usually less than one kilometer in diameter.
What is a relatively small summit depression on a volcano marking a former eruptive vent?
A relatively small summit depression on a volcano marking a former eruptive vent is called a volcanic crater. It is typically shaped like a bowl or a funnel and is formed during explosive volcanic activity when the magma is ejected from the volcano. Craters can vary in size and can often contain a lake, known as a crater lake, or be filled with volcanic debris.
What rocks form from cooled magma below the earth sucfaceand has small crstal?
extrustive igneous rock... it forms on the outside of a volcano and has small or no crystals at all.
What is a cindercone volcano?
Cindercone volcanoes are small, steep sided, narrow based, loosely packed cones made entirely of pyroclastic material from moderately explosive eruptions.It's the classical and most common conically-shaped ("Triangular") form of volcano.
How does a seamount form?
A seamount forms when a volcano builds up and rises from the ocean floor creating a small sized mountain. This is a seamount.
What type of volcano is Amboy Crater in California?
Amboy Crater in California is a cinder cone volcano. It is a relatively small and symmetrical volcano that was formed by explosive eruptions of mostly cinders and scoria. The crater is the result of a single eruptive event that occurred thousands of years ago.
What does a big volcano say to a small volcano?
I lava you
Name three types of volcano forms?
shield volcano- volcano with whide crater developing from layers of lavacinder cone- small volcano with steep sides and explosive eruptions made of ash and rocks.composite volcano- tall volcano formed from eruptions of ash and rock followed by quiet lava flows.
When small earthquakes are a volcano they are what?
When small earthquakes result in a volcano, they are caused by a slip on a fault near an existing volcano. In 1981, the largest felt volcanic earthquake occurred in the Cascades.
