Volcanic Landforms

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Volcanic Landforms
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Types of Volcanoes

• Cinder Cone
• Shield
• Composite

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Cinder Cone Volcanoes

• Mainly explosive eruptions
• Produced from ash, cinders and bombs (pyroclastic
  flows)
• Steep, cone-shaped hill or small mountain
• Erodes easily

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Shield Volcanoes

• Lava flows from quiet eruptions
• Wide, gentle sloping mountain

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Composite Volcanoes

• Lava flows alternate with explosive eruptions of
  ash, cinders and bombs (pyroclastic flows)
• Tall cone shaped mountains

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