3 TYPES OF VOLCANOES. SHEILD HOW DO THEY FORM? Thin layers of lava pour out a vent and harden on top...
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Transcript of 3 TYPES OF VOLCANOES. SHEILD HOW DO THEY FORM? Thin layers of lava pour out a vent and harden on top...
HOW DO THEY FORM?
Thick lava produces ash, cinders and bombs, which pile up around the vent forming a steep cone
shaped pile
TYPE OF ERUPTION AND LAVA
Explosive eruption with
thick magma (which will produce ash, cinder, bombs
and a pyroclastic flow)
HOW DO THEY FORM?
Quiet eruptions with lava flows
alternating with explosive eruptions of ash,
cinders and bombs