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is akutan volcano explosive or nonexplosive
quiet nonexplosive eruptionsquiet nonexplosive eruptionsquiet nonexplosive eruptions
will not explode
explosive
shield volcanoes
granite fio
The weight of the volcano.
huge lava flows
Magma that is low in silica and produces nonexplosive eruptions is called basaltic magma. As basaltic magma has a low viscosity due to its low silica content, it tends to flow more easily, resulting in nonexplosive eruptions with lava flows.
they are on oceanic lithosphere.
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when some people think of volcanic eruptions, they often imagine rivers of red-hot lava, called lava flows. lava flows come from nonexplosive eruptions. it still spurts lava but non-explosivley!