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| Hey Alice, do you know what a shield volcano is? | |
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| Sure I do Jim! A shield volcano is volcano that has a steady amount of basaltic lava flowing from it. It's formed from the slow build up of lava that is trapped under the Earth's surface. | |
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| But Alice, how does the lava create a volcano? Are cinder cone volcanoes any different? | |
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| The lava cools after each time that the volcano erupts. That slowly builds up rock until you have a volcano shape! Cinder cone volcanoes are very steep and explode with glass, lava, cinder, ash & rock | |
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| Well, I have to go Alice but I have one last question. What is a composite cone volcano then? I heard that they explode with ash and lava like the cinder cones. | |
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| That's true, Jim. Composite cones are also steep at the summit like cinder cones. The difference is that they alternate between erupting lava and ash. It was good to see you again Jim! I hope I helped | |
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