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No. it is a caldera and s supervolcano. A shield volcano is characterized by basaltic lava and effusive eruptions with little to no explosive character.

Yellowstone produces rhyolytic lava and extremely explosive eruptions.

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Yellowstone is a super volcano, which is a large volcano capable of erupting more than 1,000 cubic kilometers of material in a single eruption. It is not specifically categorized as a composite, cinder cone, or shield volcano due to its unique geological characteristics.

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it is neither. Yellowstone is a caldera. a volcanic depression.

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None of the above. Yellostone is a caldera. It is too broad to have built a volcanic mountain.

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They Yellowstone caldera is none of these. It is simply a very large caldera.

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Stromboli volcano is a composite volcano.

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composite volcano

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