"Explain Stratovolcano. "
Volcanic activity can be classified into different types and one of them is Stratovolcano. Explain in detail the origin and general characteristics of this Volcano.`
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shalaby_88cop
almost 13 years ago
Steep, conical volcanoes built by the eruption of viscous lava flows, tephra, and pyroclastic flows, are called stratovolcanoes. Usually constructed over a period of tens to hundreds of thousands of years, stratovolcanoesmay erupt a variety of magma types, including basalt, andesite, dacite, and rhyolite. All but basalt commonly generate highly explosive eruptions.
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muneb
almost 13 years ago
Stratovolcanoes are often referred to as "complex volcanoes" because of the upvc composite split framework accumulated through sequential outpourings connected with igneous components. They may be signs forms of volcanoes, not like the more uncommon protect volcanoes. 2 famous stratovolcanoes are Krakatoa, best known due to the tragic clap in 1883 and also Vesuvius, celebrated for the devastation with the cities Pompeii and Herculaneum inwards seventy nine Advert. The two eruptions said 1000s of existence.
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