GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Parícutin (or Volcán de Parícutin, also accented Paricutín) is a cinder cone volcano located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, near the city of Uruapan and about 322 kilometers (200 mi) west of Mexico City.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1943, thick, sticky lava, driven by large volumes of gas, exploded from Paricutin’s vents: material that was blasted into the air to cool and solidify. Much of it fell back around the vent, forming a cone-shaped mountain of cinders.

Detailed explanation-3: -Parícutin Volcano, Mexico, is a cinder cone rising approximately 1, 200 feet above the surrounding plain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cinder cones are simple volcanoes which have a bowl-shaped crater at the summit and steep sides. They only grow to about a thousand feet, the size of a hill. They usually are created of eruptions from a single opening, unlike a strato-volcano or shield volcano which can erupt from many different openings.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cinder cones are the most common type of volcano in the world. They may look like an idealized depiction of a volcano as they are steep, conical hills that usually have a prominent crater at the top.