What is shield volcano?
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A shield volcano is a type of volcano usually built almost entirely of fluid lava flows. They are named for their low profile, resembling a warrior's shield lying on the ground. This is caused by the highly fluid (which flow over a large area and form slopes) lava they erupt which travels farther than lava erupted from stratovolcanoes. Thus, it results in the steady accumulation of broad sheets of lava, building up the shield volcano's distinctive form. The shape of shield volcanoes is due to the low viscosity of their mafic lava.
The most prominent chain of shield volcano is Hawaii.
LAVA – Lava is the liquid rock (magma) that flows out of a volcano. Lava glows red hot to white hot as it flows.
ACTIVE VOLCANO – An active volcano is one that erupts regularly.
DORMANT VOLCANO – A dormant volcano is one that has not erupted for many years, although there is still some activity deep inside.
A fissure vent, also known as a volcanic fissure, eruption fissure or simply a fissure, is a linear volcanic vent through which lava erupts, usually without any explosive activity. The vent is often a few metres wide and may be many kilometres long. ... Fissure vents are often part of the structure of shield volcanoes.
extinct volacanoes are called dead volcanoe
volcano-- a mountain or hilly tropical ,cronical, having a creter or can't through which lava, rock, fregments, hot vapour and gas are or have been erected from the Earth...
TYPES OF VOLCANOS:
cinder cone.
stravolcano.
Mount rainier.
Mount Fuji.
Lava dome.
Mauna loa.
FOUR MAJOR TYPES:
clinder cone volcano...
composite volcanos...
shield valcanos......
Lava domes.....
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