Common Types Of Volcanoes

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Common Types Of Volcanoes
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• Volcanoes are not all created equally. They
  differ in size, shape, composition and style of
  volcanic eruptions. This article will help you to
  tell the difference between the 5 main types of
  volcanoes
• Shield Volcanoes - Shield volcanoes are volcanoes
  shaped like a bowl or shield in the middle with
  long gentle slopes made by basaltic lava flows.
  Mount Kilauea and Maunaloa in Hawaii are good
  examples of shield volcanoes.  

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• Composite Volcanoes - Also known as
  strato-volcano are steep-sided volcanoes composed
  of several layers of volcanic rocks, usually made
  from high-viscosity lava, ash and rock debris.
  Mount Fuji in Japan, Mt. Etna, and Mount St.
  Helens in Italy are examples of this type of
  volcano.
• Cinder Cone Volcanoes Also called scoria cones
  is the most common and the smallest type of
  volcano. These are made up exclusively of
  fragmented lava that erupts explosively is made
  up of cinders. Parícutin Volcano, Mexico is an
  example of cinder cone volcanoes.

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• Volcanic Or Lava Domes Formed by small masses
  of lava which are too thick to flow very far and
  hence, it continues to piles up within near the
  volcanic vent. Mono domes in California and Mont
  Pelée in Martinique are examples of lava domes.
• Supervolcano Typically a supervolcano has a
  large caldera and can produce devastation on an
  enormous, sometimes continental, scale. Such
  volcanoes are able to severely cool global
  temperatures for many years after the eruption
  due to the huge volumes of sulfur and ash
  released into the atmosphere. Yellowstone is one
  example of a supervolcano.

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