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Cascade Range Volcanoes - Menu -- includes many Stratovolcanoes, such as Mount Rainier and Mount Shasta ... Composite Volcanoes and Stratovolcanoes - Description ... Shield Volcano vs. Composite Volcano - Graphic -- [Graphic,10K,GIF] -- Mauna Loa, Hawaii, vs. Mount Rainier, Washington -- Modified from: Tilling, Heliker,
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Composite volcanoes, also called strato volcanoes, are formed by alternating layers of lava and rock fragments. This is the reason they are called composite. ... Composite volcanoes usually erupt in an explosive way. This is usually caused by viscous magma. When very viscous magma rises to the surface,
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Other examples of composite volcanoes and their locations are: ... Composite volcanoes erupt in different ways at different times. These volcanoes are built in layers by multiple eruptions, sometimes recurring over hundreds of thousands of years, sometimes over a few hundred. Andesite magma (the most common but not the...
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Stratovolcano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A stratovolcano , sometimes called a composite volcano , is a tall, conical volcano with many layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash. Stratovolcanoes are characterized by a ste...
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; Geologists generally group volcanoes into four main kinds--cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes, and lava domes. ... Some of the Earth's grandest mountains are composite volcanoes--sometimes called stratovolcanoes. They are typically steep-sided, symmetrical cones of large dimension built of alternating...
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Composite volcanoes are constructed from multiple eruptions, sometimes recurring over hundreds of thousands of years, sometimes over a few hundred. Andesite magma, the most common but not the only magma type forming composite cones, produces lava more brittle than basaltic lava because of its higher viscosity.
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The most majestic of the volcanoes are composite volcanoes. These are also known as strato-volcanoes. Unlike the shield volcanoes which are flat and broad, composite volcanoes are tall, symmetrically shaped, with steep sides, sometimes rising 10,000 feet high.
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Composite volcanoes are fed by a conduit system which taps into a reservoir of magma deep within the Earth. This magma can erupt out of several vents across the composite volcano's flanks, or from a large central crater at the summit of the volcano.
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