Yes, Basalt Mountain is an ancient shield volcano and is no longer active. The cliffs facing town are evidence of a post-tertiary age collapse of the dome and expose the many layered flows indicative of shield volcanos.
Actually, a volcanic mountain with gently sloping sides made of basalt lava flows is typically called a shield volcano, not a cinder cone. Cinder cones are typically smaller, steeper-sided volcanoes formed from ejected rock fragments.
You would expect to find lava solidifying into basalt at the surface of a volcano or lava flow. Basalt is a common volcanic rock that forms when lava cools and solidifies quickly, usually in areas with high volcanic activity.
No, Pikes Peak in Colorado is not a volcano. It is a mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, formed through the uplift of the Earth's crust.
Basalt is the most common volcanic rock. It is a dark-colored, fine-grained volcanic rock that is found in many volcanic settings around the world. Basalt forms from the rapid cooling of magma on the Earth's surface.
A volcano is formed when magma from beneath the Earth's crust reaches the surface through a vent or opening. While a mountain can be a volcano if it has been built up by volcanic activity, not all mountains are volcanoes.
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I think it is the volcano. I live near Basalt and I am 12 I had been learning about these volcanoes this volcano is old and people don't know when it is going to erupt. This is very strange in Colorado beacause NOT much happens here...
Because of the large basalt rock formations in the area. These are extrusive volcanic flows (lava) from the early Tertiary Age,
The explorer found a basalt inside of a volcano.
A flood basalt is not a volcano in and of itself. It is a large rock formation created by an extended period of intense volcanic activity.
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No. Such a structure is called a shield volcano.
Basalt is formed when low-silica lava erupts from a volcano and later cools.
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Actually, a volcanic mountain with gently sloping sides made of basalt lava flows is typically called a shield volcano, not a cinder cone. Cinder cones are typically smaller, steeper-sided volcanoes formed from ejected rock fragments.