It is impossible to make long-term predictions of when a volcano will next erupt.
People usually say Cotopaxi, but I reckon Chimborazo may erupt again.
An extinct volcano is one that will never erupt again.
Mount Cotopaxi is a Composite or Strato volcano.
A dormant volcano is one that is just sleeping and it is possible to erupt again. An extinct volcano will never erupt again.
The volcano is said to be extinct if it hasn't erupted for at least 10,000 years.
People usually say Cotopaxi, but I reckon Chimborazo may erupt again.
An extinct volcano is one that will never erupt again.
It depends, a volcano can erupt once and never erupt again. Or, a volcano can erupt multiple times a day.
Cotopaxi volcano is in Ecuador. A volcano magma can be measured during and after volcano eruption. The Cotopaxi eruption in 1987, its lahar has travelled for 60 miles.
Mount Cotopaxi is a Composite or Strato volcano.
If it 'unlikely' to erupt again but it could, it's dormant.
A dormant volcano is one that is just sleeping and it is possible to erupt again. An extinct volcano will never erupt again.
active : a volcano which is expected to erupt again or will erupt again eg.mt etna dormant : a volcano which has erupted in the last 2000 years but not recently eg Mt Baker extinct : a volcano which will not erupt again eg killimanjaro
The volcano is said to be extinct if it hasn't erupted for at least 10,000 years.
That volcano is likely to erupt again. Every volcano is different ,research on the volcano and when was the last time it erupted and then add 500 to 1000 years.
An extinct volcano has not had an eruption for at least 10,000 years and is not expected to erupt again in a comparable time scale of the future.This is in contract to a dormant volcano, which is an active volcano that is not erupting, but supposed to erupt again. An active volcano is a volcano that has had at least one eruption during the past 10,000 years. An active volcano might be erupting or dormant.
A volcano that is thought to be incapable of further eruptions is said to be extinct.A volcano that is inactive but not extinct is said to be dormant.