GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Kilauea is a currently active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, and the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island of Hawaii. Located along the southern shore of the island, the volcano is between 300, 000 and 600, 000 years old and emerged above sea level about 100, 000 years ago.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kīlauea Volcano is a shield volcano located on the eastern slope of Mauna Loa Volcano on the Island of Hawai’i. The volcano is considered to be in the shield-building stage of Hawaiian volcanism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kilauea is a basaltic shield volcano, erupting a type of basalt known as tholeiite. This type of lava is the dominant extrusive during the shield building (the main stage) of hawaiian volcanism and is the dominant basalt type erupted on Earth.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Hawaiian Islands are all classified as shield volcanoes. Hawaiian shield volcanoes are formed by lava flowing on the ocean floor and building layer upon layer into great volcanoes. The hot spot theory explains that magma from the upper mantle rises through a channel into a magma chamber called a hot spot.

Detailed explanation-5: -Types of Volcanoes: Shield volcanoes Mid-ocean islands such as Hawaii, the Galapagos, Reunion, or Bermuda are formed by basalt, the most basic and most fluid, less viscous of all types of common lava.