Volcano & Eruption Types

Question 1

Describe a shield/Basic volcano and give an example

Answer 1

Gently sloping sides due to viscus lava flowing long distances

Mana Loa, Hawaii

Question 2

Describe a dome volcano and give an example

Answer 2

Steep sided convex cone shape due to quickly-solidifying lava Mt. Pelée

Question 3

Describe an Ash/Cinder volcano and give an example

Answer 3

Steep sides cone shaped volcano, due to ejected ash Particutín

Question 4

Describe a composite/strato volcano and give an example

Answer 4

Pyramid shaped volcano formed of lava and ash

Mt. Etna

Question 5

Describe a caldera volcano and give an example

Answer 5

Huge crater formed due to huge vent explosion spanning across km Lake Toba, Japan

Question 6

Describe a fissure volcano and give an example

Answer 6

A flat channeled long vent Iceland

Question 7

Describe an Icelandic volcanic eruption (3)

Answer 7

Contiuous, frequent, lots of large distance traveliing basaltic lava

Question 8

Describe a Hawaiian volcanic eruption (4)

Answer 8

frequent, non-explosive, lots of basaltic lava and not much pyroclastic material

Question 9

Describe a strombolian volcanic eruption (4)

Answer 9

Frequent, mildly explosive, Basaltic and Rhyolitic lava, Tephra and Lava Bombs

Question 10

Describe a Vulcanian eruption type (4)

Answer 10

Non-frequent, violent, andesetic and rhyolitic viscus lava, lots of explosive tephra

Question 11

Describe an vesuvian volcanic eruption (3)

Answer 11

Non-Frequent, lots of violent ash, andesetic and rhyyolitic lava

Question 12

Describe a Peleean eruption (3)

Answer 12

Non-frequent, very violent, pyroclastic flows CHAOS

Question 13

Describe a Plinian eruption (5)

Answer 13

Rare, Extreme destruction capabilities, international ash clouds, sustained ejection of andesetic and rhyolitic magma, pyroclastic flows