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They are not volcanoes. The Yosemite granite domes are plutons, formed from molten rock that cooled deep underground.
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What kind of volcano creates granite?
What type of volcano creates granite
What type of volcano forms a lava dome?
Acid Lava Dome is a type of volcano that forms when viscous acid lava solidifies quickly to form a volcano with steep convex sides.
What are the shapes of volcano?
The type of magma in the earth creates four different types volcanoes:Shield volcanoesComposite volcanoesCinder conesLava domes
Why did the Lassen peak volcano erupt?
Mt. Lassen is a lava dome type of volcano. The domes of lava dome volcanoes grows from within, and commonly occur within the craters or on the flanks of large composite volcanoes.
What type of metamorphic rock is similar to granite?
Gneiss is the metamorphosed type of granite.
What kind of volcano creates granite?
What type of volcano creates granite
Exfoliated domes are made out of what type of rock?
Igneous rock, typically granite.
What type of formation is yosemite national park?
Rivers and glaciers carved into granite to make Yosemite National Park. Half Dome is the most recognized rock formation in Yosemite.
What type of volcano. Is mount Augustine?
Mount St. Augustine is a stratovolcano and lava domes
What type of climate does granite last longest in?
An extremely hot climate (volcano) because granite is an igneous rock.
What type of minerals are found in Yellowstone?
Most of the rock you will find at Yosemite will be granite. The old rock layers were eroded away and the tougher granite layer is what we now see today.
What type of volcano forms a lava dome?
Acid Lava Dome is a type of volcano that forms when viscous acid lava solidifies quickly to form a volcano with steep convex sides.
What are the shapes of volcano?
The type of magma in the earth creates four different types volcanoes:Shield volcanoesComposite volcanoesCinder conesLava domes
Is lava dome a type of volcano?
Not exactly. Some volcanoes do consist of simply a lava dome, but most lava domes are found in or on stratovolcanoes.
What type of igneous rock is granite an example of?
There is a rock in Yosemite Park it is called Half Dome it is an igneous rock it is made out of granite
Why did the Lassen peak volcano erupt?
Mt. Lassen is a lava dome type of volcano. The domes of lava dome volcanoes grows from within, and commonly occur within the craters or on the flanks of large composite volcanoes.
What is the most abundant type of intrusive rock on Earth?
The most common intrusive rock is granite and it can be found near volcanoes.
