Mount Fuji typically has non-explosive eruptions, which are characterized by the slow release of lava and volcanic gases. However, there is also some evidence of explosive eruptions occurring in the past, which have produced ash clouds and pyroclastic flows.
Mount Shasta is considered a potentially explosive stratovolcano due to its composition of andesite and dacite lava which can lead to explosive eruptions. However, its most recent eruptions have been relatively non-explosive with mainly effusive lava flows.
Mount St. Helens is generally regarded as an explosive volcano, but like most stratovolcanoes, it can produce both explosive and non-explosive eruptions.
Mount Rainier is considered an explosive volcano due to its thick, sticky lava that tends to trap gases which can lead to violent eruptions. Additionally, the presence of significant amounts of water in the volcanic system can further amplify the explosivity of eruptions.
Mount Pelee is a stratovolcano, which is a composite volcano. It is known for its explosive eruptions due to the composition of its magma. Shield volcanoes, on the other hand, are characterized by their broad, gently sloping profile and quiet, non-explosive eruptions.
Yes. Stratovolcanoes usually alternate between explosive and non-explosive eruptions.
Mount Shasta is considered a potentially explosive stratovolcano due to its composition of andesite and dacite lava which can lead to explosive eruptions. However, its most recent eruptions have been relatively non-explosive with mainly effusive lava flows.
Mount St. Helens is generally regarded as an explosive volcano, but like most stratovolcanoes, it can produce both explosive and non-explosive eruptions.
Mount Rainier is considered an explosive volcano due to its thick, sticky lava that tends to trap gases which can lead to violent eruptions. Additionally, the presence of significant amounts of water in the volcanic system can further amplify the explosivity of eruptions.
Non-explosive and Explosive
Non-explosive and Explosive
Mount Pelee is a stratovolcano, which is a composite volcano. It is known for its explosive eruptions due to the composition of its magma. Shield volcanoes, on the other hand, are characterized by their broad, gently sloping profile and quiet, non-explosive eruptions.
Eruptions at shield volcanoes are almost always non-explosive.
Yes. Stratovolcanoes usually alternate between explosive and non-explosive eruptions.
Yes. The ash and cinder layers are from explosive eruptions while the lava flows are from non-explosive eruptions.
No. A supervolcano is a volcano that is capable of producing extremely large explosive eruptions. Kilauea is a shield volcano. Most of its eruptions are non-explosive or only mildly explosive.
Explosive and non-explosive eruptions form different types of rock. Explosive eruptions tend to have fragmented rocks composed of cinders, ash, and pumice. Non-explosive eruptions usually produce lava flows, which tend to cool as solid sheets or channels of rock.
Mt. Vesuvius is known for explosive eruptions due to the high gas content and viscosity of its magma. Its infamous eruption in 79 AD led to the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum.