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Because they are made of strata, or layers.
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What is also known as stratovolcanoes?
The type of volcano is a composite volcano.
Composite volcanoes are also known as?
strato volcanoes
Why is another name for composite volcano Strato?
Composite volcanoes are also called stratovolcanoes because they are composed of layers. The root strato- means layer.
What type of volcano is the pelean volcano?
Pelean eruptions are most commonly seen at stratovolcanoes, which can also be called composite volcanoes.
What does a composite have to do with volcanoes?
Stratovolcanoes or composite volcanoes are tall conical mountains composed of lava flows and other ejecta in alternate layers, the strata that gives rise to the name. Stratovolcanoes are also known as composite volcanoes because they are created from multiple structures during different kinds of eruptions.
What is also known as stratovolcanoes?
The type of volcano is a composite volcano.
Is there another word for stratovolcano?
Yes. Stratovolcanoes can also be called composite volcanoes.
Composite volcanoes are also known as?
strato volcanoes
Why is another name for composite volcano Strato?
Composite volcanoes are also called stratovolcanoes because they are composed of layers. The root strato- means layer.
What type of volcano is the pelean volcano?
Pelean eruptions are most commonly seen at stratovolcanoes, which can also be called composite volcanoes.
What is the size of a composite volcano?
Composite volcanoes are also called stratovolcanoes. They may rise as much as 8,000 feet above their bases and are generally much taller and wider than regular volcanoes.
What does a composite have to do with volcanoes?
Stratovolcanoes or composite volcanoes are tall conical mountains composed of lava flows and other ejecta in alternate layers, the strata that gives rise to the name. Stratovolcanoes are also known as composite volcanoes because they are created from multiple structures during different kinds of eruptions.
What is an explosive volcano eruption?
Most explosive volcanoes are stratovolcanoes, also called composite volcanoes.
What volcanoes are made of basaltic lava?
Stratovolcanoes, also called composite volcanoes are generally not made of basalt. While they may occasionally produce basalt, much of their material is andesite or dacite.
Cinder cones are the most potentially dangerous volcanoes because they generate the most explosive eruptions?
No. The most explosive variety of volcanic activity would be the caldera-forming eruptions of stratovolcanoes. Cinder cone eruptions are only mildly explosive.
Does granitic lava come out of a cinder cone volcano?
No. Cinder cones erupr basaltic and occasionally andesitic lava. "Granitic" lava, called rhyolitic when it is erupted, erupts primarily from composite volcanoes (also called stratovolcanoes), and some caldera volcanoes.
What are the 3types of volcanoes?
Cinder cone, stratovolcano, shield volcano
