Works Cited

http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/student_projects/volc_blowout/composite_volcano.htm
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/ShieldVolcano/description_shield_volcano.html
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/cinder-cones
http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/student_projects/volc_blowout/cinder_cone_volcano.htm
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/volcano_types/shield.htm

Cinder Cone
Volcanoes
Definition: Small volcanoes
that usually
occur in groups.

Relative Size: Steep sided, very

vesicular,
low density
Relative Slope (Gentle,
Medium, or Steep):
Steep
Composition (What are they
made of?):
Basaltic fragments. Melted
volcanic rock
that cooled and formed
pebble-sized
pieces when it was thrown out
into the air

Formation (How do they

form?): they form
when ash, cinders and bombs
pile up
around the vent to form a
circular or oval
cone
Location (Where do they
occur?):
Alone or in small groups
Three Examples:
1. Paricutin in Mexico
2. Surter I in Iceland
3. Surter II in Iceland

Shield Volcanoes
Definition: A broad, domed
volcano with
gently sloping slides,
characteristic of the
eruption of fluid, basaltic lava

Relative Size: gently sloping

cone of flat,
domical shape, with a profile
much like
that as a warriors shield
Relative Slope (Gentle,
Medium, or Steep):
Gentle
Composition (What are they
made of?):
The accretion of thousands of
flows of
highly fluid basaltic lava that
spread widely
over great distances
Formation (How do they
form?):
They are built almost entirely
of fluid lava
Flows. Flow after flow pours
out in all
directions from a central
summit vent

Works Cited
http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/student_projects/volc_blowout/composite_volcano.htm
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/ShieldVolcano/description_shield_volcano.html
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/cinder-cones
http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/student_projects/volc_blowout/cinder_cone_volcano.htm
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/volcano_types/shield.htm

Location (Where do they

occur?):
They occur on broad plateaus.
Three Examples:
1. Kilauea in Hawaii
2. Mauna Loa in Hawaii
3. Kohala in Hawaii

Composite
Volcanoes
Definition: A large, steep
volcano built up
of alternating layers of lava
and ash or
cinder
Relative Size: tall cone-shaped
mountains
that are typically steeplysided,
symmetrical cones of large
dimensions

Relative Slope (Gentle,

Medium, or Steep):
Steep
Composition (What are they
made of?):
They are built up by the
accumulation of
material erupted through the
conduit and
increases in size as lava,
cinders, ash etc.
Formation (How do they
form?):
They form when runny lava
escapes
through a fissure and flows a
long way

Location (Where do they

occur?):
Some occur in chains. They are
known as
The Rim of Fire

Three Examples:
1. Mount St. HelensWashington State

2. Mount Hood- Oregon

3. Mount Fuji- Japan