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Is kilauea a composite?
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Is kilauea a composite volcano?

No. Kilauea is a shield volcano.
Kilauea is a traditiional shield style volcano erupting very
flowable basaltic magma. The volcano is one of the most studied and
documented of any on the planet due to the ease of studying it
during an eruption. The volcano erupts normally in a very placid
style of spectacular lava flows across its surface. Altough Kilauea
has posed a serious risk of property in the past it is often times
able to outrun a lava flow from this volcano on foot at simply a
brief walk. Hawaii Volcanoes Observatory is in charge of monitoring
the volcano and has daily updates on the current eruptive
conditions and changes within the volcano. A composite volcano on
the other hand is of the style of Mt. St. Helens and erupts more
often than not in a very explosive fashion.