TYPES OF VOLCANOES Flashcards

1
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expansive and low profile
built entirely of fluid lava flows

A

shield volcanoes

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2
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example of a shield volcanoe

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Mauna Kea
Mount Karthala
Medicine Lake Volcano

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3
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are of land surrounded by one or more younger lava flows

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kipuka

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4
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steep conical volcano built up by layers of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and ash

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Composite/stratovolcano

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5
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example of stratovolcano

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mayon volcano
mount fuji

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6
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volcano formed from ejected fragments during eruption

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volcanic cones

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