Shielf volcanoes generally produce "quiet" eruptions. Explosive eruptions are rare.
Eruptions at shield volcanoes are almost always non-explosive.
There are three types of volcanoes which have different shapes and types of eruptions. * Shield Volcanoes - are low and flat and have small, flowing eruptions. * Composite Volcanoes - are a mixture between shield volcanoes and cone volcanoes, their eruptions are explosive. * Cone Volcanoes - are the tallest and largest volcanoes, and they have VERY explosive eruptions.
Large explosive eruptions are generally characteristic of stratovolcanoes.
composite volcanoes
Explosive types of volcanoes are typically referred to as stratovolcanoes or composite volcanoes. These volcanoes are characterized by their steep sides and explosive eruptions caused by trapped gases and thick, viscous lava. Examples include Mt. St. Helens in the United States and Mt. Fuji in Japan.
Cinder cone volcanoes are small with mildly explosive eruptions.
Cinder cone volcanoes are generally considered to be non-explosive compared to stratovolcanoes. They typically erupt with fire fountains and release lava flows rather than explosive eruptions with ash and pyroclastic flows. However, some cinder cone eruptions can exhibit some degree of explosivity depending on the gas content of the magma.
While cinder cones do have the potential for explosive eruptions, they are generally considered less dangerous than stratovolcanoes due to their smaller size and lower frequency of eruptions. Stratovolcanoes can produce more violent and destructive eruptions.
Very rarely. Shield volcanoes are formed from the eruption of low-viscosity, gas-poor magma which has very little potential to explode. On rare occasions explosive eruptions may occur when magma comes in contact with groundwater.
Strato and Cinder-cone volcanos but cinder cones can have non explosive too but not strato
Because shield volcanoes have lava flows rather than explosive eruptions, they are much quieter than other types of volcanoes. Regardless, shield volcanoes are among some of the largest in the world.