answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The size, shape, and on the amount of silica (a substance of lots of small crystals) found in the lava. More silica means thicker, more viscosity the lava will have.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

fast-moving, basalt slower, and move viscous andesits

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

Its magma composition.
different types of volcanic eruptions form different types of volcanoes

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

How explosive the lava is depends on the density of the lava. Different types of lava have different densities.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

probably how big it is and hoe long its been dormant.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What determines the type of volcano formed?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What type of volcano is formed at a hot spot?

A shield volcano


What determines the type of mineral formed by cooling magma?

The rate of cooling of the magma determines the type of mineral formed by the magma or lava..


What type of volcano is japan mount on take?

what type of volcano is japan mount on take and how is it formed


What determines the type of eruption a volcano will have?

probably how big it is and hoe long its been dormant.


Which type of volcanoes formed the hawaiian islands?

Shield Volcano


Which type of volcano is an island volcano?

Stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes, and complex volcanoes have all formed islands.


What type of lava does the bus-obo volcano have?

The Bus Obo volcano was formed by tephra and contains a type of lava called felsic lava.


What determines the type of fossil that is formed?

the conditions under which the organism died and how it was buried


What determines the type of fossil is formed?

the conditions under which the organism died and how it was buried


What is A type of volcano with gently sloping sides formed by nonexplosive eruptions?

shield


How is the Alaska volcano not the youngest volcano?

After the Alaska volcano formed, other volcanoes have formed.


Volcanoes erupt hot liquid rock what type of rock is produced by volcanos?

Igneous rock... There are extrusive (formed on the exterior of a volcano by lava) and intrusive (formed on the inside of a volcano by magma).