• Question: can you name all the different types of volcanos

    Asked by hannahsargent05 to Hannah on 24 Jun 2013.
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      Hannah Bentham answered on 24 Jun 2013:

      Oooh interesting question. I haven’t had to use this information for a while. So there are 4 different types of volcano:

      1. Composite – found on the fore arc of subduction zones. These volcanoes have steep sides and have explosive eruptions with pyroclastic flows.

      2. Shield – found at constructive margins (rifts) and hot spots (Hawaii). These volcanoes have gently steeping sides and have fast flowing lava from non-explosive eruptions.

      3. Dome – formed by relatively small, blobby masses of lava that too viscous to flow any great distance.

      4. Cinder cones – simple volcanoeds formed from particles and blobs of congealed lava erupted from a single vent. The gas-charged lava is blown violently into the air, breaking into small fragments that become solid and fall as cinders around the vent to form a circular cone.

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