composite volcano

Related to composite volcano: stratovolcano, Shield volcano

composite volcano

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Helens is a composite volcano, not a cinder volcano.

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Pause the video at the split-screen image of an eruption from a composite volcano and an eruption from a shield volcano (1:22).

Island of FIRE: An up-close look at how a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island began to burst

Etna is a composite volcano, like other dangerous volcano such as Mount St Helens and Mount Vesuvius.

Mount Etna's Latest Eruption Captured in Spectacular Photos [EXCLUSIVE IMAGES]

Edgecumbe, a prominent composite volcano that has not erupted for the past 4500 years.

Geology of Southeast Alaska: Rock and Ice in Motion

A third volcano type, the stratovolcano or composite volcano, is formed when alternating eruptions of gentle and explosive lavas build up moderately sloping sides.