A cinder cone volcano....found in my 8th grade science book page 136(:
It's because of the silica content. Some with high silica are explosive and violent. The ones with lower silica are gentle, and leak out. (might have it backwards. need to brush up on my volcano facts)
Haleakala in Hawaii is a shield volcano. Shield volcanoes are characterized by their gentle sloping sides and widespread lava flows, resulting from low-viscosity magma. This type of volcano typically has relatively quiet eruptions.
shield volcanoes are only explosive if water somehow gets into the vent
Mount Kilauea is considered to be both violent and gentle. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and has a history of frequent eruptions, which can be explosive and destructive. However, Kilauea also has a unique feature called a shield volcano, which produces relatively gentle lava flows that can create new land and reshape the landscape over time.
It's a shield volcano because of its frequent gentle eruptions
A cinder cone volcano....found in my 8th grade science book page 136(:
Because it all depends on what type of volcano it is, if it is a shield volcano low and flat it's eruptions will be gentle. But if it is a cone volcano tall and steep it's eruptions will be very violent.
it was gentle
It's because of the silica content. Some with high silica are explosive and violent. The ones with lower silica are gentle, and leak out. (might have it backwards. need to brush up on my volcano facts)
Haleakala in Hawaii is a shield volcano. Shield volcanoes are characterized by their gentle sloping sides and widespread lava flows, resulting from low-viscosity magma. This type of volcano typically has relatively quiet eruptions.
shield volcanoes are only explosive if water somehow gets into the vent
Mount Kilauea is considered to be both violent and gentle. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and has a history of frequent eruptions, which can be explosive and destructive. However, Kilauea also has a unique feature called a shield volcano, which produces relatively gentle lava flows that can create new land and reshape the landscape over time.
A type of eruption that produces a gentle flow of lava is called an effusive eruption. In these eruptions, lava flows steadily and slowly, typically without explosive activity. The lava tends to have low viscosity, allowing it to flow easily across the surface of the volcano.
It's a shield volcano. Curtesy of a quick google search [from geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk] Shield Volcanoes Eruptions are typically non-explosive. Shield volcanoes produce fast flowing fluid [lava] that can flow for many miles. Eruptions tend to be frequent but relatively gentle.
stalkers
A volcano known as an 'Icelandic volcano' is characterised by fissure eruptions, occurring on constructive plate boundaries, where two plates are moving apart and magma rises up in the gap making a plateau of rock intead of the more frequently associated cone shaped volcano. These volcanic eruptions are gentle but are persistant and constant.