rangitoto – Irreverent Outcrop https://irreverentoutcrop.com Travel stories with mild geo-flavor Sun, 04 Aug 2024 04:05:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-logo-temp-01-1-2-32x32.png rangitoto – Irreverent Outcrop https://irreverentoutcrop.com 32 32 Volcano (part 1): shield volcanoes https://irreverentoutcrop.com/volcano-part-1-shield-volcanoes/ https://irreverentoutcrop.com/volcano-part-1-shield-volcanoes/#respond Sun, 04 Aug 2024 04:05:06 +0000 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/?p=703 Read more]]> Shield volcanoes and stratovolcanoes are two major types of volcanoes. Other smaller-scale volcanic features also include cinder cones, volcanic domes, calderas etc. To put it simply, low-viscosity magma flows gently outward instead of erupts violently, resulting in shield volcanoes with gentle slopes. In contrast, stratovolcanoes form from viscous magma that often erupts violently and couldn’t…

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