Types of volcano
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- Created on: 12-04-17 08:22
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- Volcanoes
- Cone volcanoes
- Lava thick and acidic
- Doesn't flow far before cooling and solidifying
- Have steep sides
- Mount Pelee on Martinique
- Shield Volcanoes
- Lava runny and thin
- Runs a long way before cooling
- Gentle slopes and wide bases
- Largest type of volcano
- Non explosive due to low silica content
- May last for years
- Mount Kilauea in Hawaii
- Composite volcanoes
- Most deadly type of volcano
- Made of alternate layers of ash and lava
- Have steep sides
- Lava cools creating a plug which blocks the vent
- Huge explosion results when plug blows out
- Mount St Helens, Alaska, USA
- Cone volcanoes
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