0
Dormant volcanoes
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What makes volcanoes non-explosive?
Non-explosive volcanoes will have low concentrations of gas in the magma.
Is a cinder cone volcano non explosive?
Cinder cone volcanoes produce small explosive eruptions.
Do shield volcanoes produce quiet or explosive eruptions?
Eruptions at shield volcanoes are almost always non-explosive.
What is the source of materials for volcanoes that erupt in non-explosive and explosive?
Magma and lava also crust?
Does an island composite volcano explode rapidly or slowly?
The phrase "explode slowly" is an oxymoron. Composite volcanoes, regardless of whether they are island volcanoes or mainland volcanoes, will produce both explosive and non-explosive eruptions.
What types of volcanoes have explosive eruptions?
Strato and Cinder-cone volcanos but cinder cones can have non explosive too but not strato
Is a shield volcano non explosive or explosive?
Shield volcanoes are generally not explosive. However, soemtimes a type of explosive event called a phreatic eruption can occur if the magma comes in contact with water.
Volcanoes typically have the most explosive eruptions?
Large explosive eruptions are generally characteristic of stratovolcanoes.
Does a composite volcano erupt quietly or explosively?
A composite volcano is the most explosive type of volcano there is. Mt. St. Helens and Mt.Vesuvious in Pompeii are both examples of composite volcanoes, and look at the damage they did. a composite volcano usually has pyroclastic flows to accompany the traditional lava and ash.
Where are the most explosive volcanoes subduction zones or rift zones?
Explosive volcanoes are most common at subduction zones.
What are types of explosive?
Rhyolite caldera complexes are the most explosive volcanoes, although other types of volcanoes can also erupt.
Why do the volcanoes in Japan have explosive eruptions?
Volcanoes in Japan have explosive eruptions because there is a a magma chamber that has not completely move along the mantle yet so when it erupts it has explosive eruptions.
