Types of Volcanoes

There are many types of volcanoes based on their height, shape and appearance.

These are the different types of volcano:

TERMS AND DEFINITION

Lava domes are built by slow eruptions of highly viscous lavas.

Shield volcanoes, so named for their broad, shield-like profiles, are formed by the eruption of low-viscosity lava that can flow a great distance from a vent.

Volcanic cones or cinder cones result from eruptions of mostly small pieces of scoria and pyroclastics (both resemble cinders, hence the name of this volcano type) that build up around the vent.

Stratovolcanoes or composite volcanoes are tall conical mountains composed of lava flows and other ejecta in alternate layers, the strata that give rise to the name.

OTHER TYPES ARE:

Cryptodomes are formed when viscous lava forces its way up and causes a bulge.

Supervolcano is a large volcano that usually has a large caldera and can potentially produce devastation on an enormous, sometimes continental, scale.

Submarine volcanoes are common features on the ocean floor.

Subglacial volcanoes develop underneath icecaps.

Mud volcanoes or mud domes are formations created by geo-excreted liquids and gases, although there are several processes which may cause such activity.

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Reference:

http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/potentially_active_volcano