Composite volcanoes, also known as stratovolcanoes, are typically large in size compared to other types of volcanoes. They are characterized by their steep slopes, symmetrical shape, and potential to erupt explosively due to the buildup of viscous magma. Examples include Mount St. Helens and Mount Fuji.
Mount Shasta is considered a composite or stratovolcano due to its characteristic steep profile and alternating layers of lava flows and volcanic ash deposits. Shield volcanoes are wider and lower in profile, while cinder cone volcanoes are small, conical mounds built from ejected volcanic material.
Laki is not a shield volcano or a composite volcano. It is actually a volcanic fissure in Iceland that erupted in 1783, causing significant environmental and climatic impacts.
The arenal volcano is a cindercone volcano not a composite.
Krakatoa is a composite volcano. It is tall and conical with steep slopes and a small base area compared to shield volcanoes, with viscous lava, therefore resulting in explosive eruptions.Krakatoa is properly names Krakatau or Anak-Krakatau. It is not a cinder volcano, it is classified as a caldera volcano. It has an extremely explosive past, with the formation of a 7 KM wide caldera in 416 AD, that destroyed the previous island, and again in 1883 AD. This volcano is one of the most destructive and unpredictable types of volcanoes out there. Cinder cones in contrast tend to erupt only once forming often times a small to moderate lava flow and ash fall, but do not erupt again as they do not seem to have a sustained or developed magma reservoir.No. Krakatoa is a stratovolcano.
Yes, Taal Volcano in the Philippines is classified as a complex or composite volcano. It features multiple eruptions that have created a variety of volcanic landforms, including a caldera and several small volcanic islands within a large lake. Its eruptions have varied in style, from explosive to effusive, highlighting its composite nature.
It's a composite volcano (also known as stratovolcano), which means that it has a big eruption followed by small lava flows. A composite volcano is the deadliest type of volcano and is also the biggest kind.
No. It is a composite volcano.
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Mount Fuji is a composite volcano.
No. Kilauea is not a composite volcano. It is a shield Volcano.
Krakatoa is a composite volcano.
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Yes. Mount Hood is a composite volcano.
Mount Shasta is considered a composite or stratovolcano due to its characteristic steep profile and alternating layers of lava flows and volcanic ash deposits. Shield volcanoes are wider and lower in profile, while cinder cone volcanoes are small, conical mounds built from ejected volcanic material.
No, it is not. It is a stratovolcano (synonym = composite volcano). There is a small cinder cone though on its south flank.
Not really. While there is nothing that would prevent a composite volcano from developing under an area where a pond happens to be, there is no pond big enough to contain a composite volcano. As soon as the volcano starts forming, the first significant eruption would probably fill in or blast away the pond.
A stratovolcano is sometimes called a composite volcano, yes.