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Q: Why are pyroclastic flows not commonly associated with shield volcanos?
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What is a shield of a volcanos?

is the type of volcano that often erupts with a mix of stream,ash,rock and dust causing a pyroclastic folw


What type fo volcano is rabaul caldera?

a Pyroclastic Shield Volcano. Basically a shield volcano covered in pyroclastic debris from earlier eruptions.


What is the formation of shield volcanos?

Shield volcanoes are from by divergent boundary's.


What type of vocano is rabaul caldera and where is it?

the Rabaul caldera is a Pyroclastic shield volcano. A pyroclastic shield volcano is basically a shield volcano, but made up of pyroclastic debris from earlier eruptions. Rabaul caldera is found in New Britain in Papua new Guinea.


How do you classify volcanic rocks?

There are three types of volcanos, shield, cinder, and composite volcanos. Cinder volcanos are the smallest, while shield volcanos are the largest. Composite volcanos are the most dangerous and the most explosive.


How tall is a shield volcanos?

about 89 meters


What is the name of the shield volcano?

One of the names of shield volcanos is Mauna Loa and Prestahunkur.


What are the 3 kinds of volcanoes?

shield volcanos, cinder cone volcanos , and composite


What are shield volcanos made of?

Shield volcanoes are composed mostly of layers of basaltic lava flows.


What type of pyroclastic material comes out of a shield volcano?

ash cloud lava


What are the shapes and features of shield volcanos?

layers apounlayers of cooled lava


Does mauna loa have pyroclastic flow?

No. Mauna Loa is a shield volcano. It produces lava flows during its eruption but would almost never produce pyroclastic flows.