TYPES OF VOLCANOES

CINDER CONE
 Simplest type of volcano
 Occur when particles and blobs of lava are ejected from a volcanic vent
 Lava is blown violently into the air, and the pieces rain down around the vent and
builds up a circular or oval-shaped cone. With a blow-shaped crater at the top.
 Rarely grow larger than about 1,000 feet above their surroundings.
 Example: Taal Volcano

COMPOSITE VOLCANO
 Also known as STRATOVOLCANOES which make up some of the world’s most
memorable mountains
 Have a conduit system inside them that channels magma from deep within the earth
to the surface
 Have clusters of vents, with lava breaking through walls, of issuing from fissures
on the sides of the mountain
 Can grow thousands of meters tall and can explode violently.
 Examples: Mayon
Mt. Kanlaon
Mt. Pinatubo
Mount Rainier
Mount Fuji
Mount Saint Helen
SHIELD VOLCANO
 Are large, broad volcanoes that look like shields from above-hence the name
 The lava that pours out of shield volcanoes is thin, so it can travel for great
distances down the shallow slopes of the volcano
 Builds up slowly over time, with hundreds of eruptions, creating many layers
 Are not likely to explode catastrophically
 Examples: Mt. Biliran
Mt. Bulusan
Mauna Loa
Mauna Kea

LAVA DOMES
 Are created by small masses of lava which are too viscous (thick) to flow very
far
 Unlike shield volcanoes, with low-viscosity lava, the magma from volcanic
domes just piles up over and around the vent.
 Dome grows by expansion of the lava within, and the mountain forms from
material spilling off the sides of the growing dome.
 Can explode violently, releasing a huge amount of hot rock and ash.
 Example: Amorong Volcano (Western Luzon)