GEOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
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composite
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cinder cones
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shield
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pyroclastic
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most well-known types of volcanoes are cinder cones, composite volcanoes (stratovolcanoes), and shield volcanoes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of shield volcanoes are Kilauea and Mauna Loa (and their Hawaiian friends), Fernandina (and its Galápagos friends), Karthala, Erta Ale, Tolbachik, Masaya, and many others.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shield volcanoes are usually constructed almost entirely of basaltic and/or andesitic lava flows which were very fluid when erupted. They are built by repeated eruptions that occurred intermittently over vast periods of time (up to a million years or longer). Shield volcanoes are much wider than they are tall.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shield volcanoes form very large, gently sloped volcanoes with a wide base. Cinder cones are the smallest volcanic landform. They are formed from accumulation of many small fragments of ejected material. A caldera forms when an explosive eruption leaves a large crater when the mountain blows apart.
Detailed explanation-5: -Cinder cones. Composite volcanoes. Shield volcanoes. Lava volcanoes.