Pacific Ring Of Fire Facts The Pacific Ring of Fire is the name that is given to a horseshoe shaped area in the Pacific Ocean which extends from South America and North America to Eastern Asia, Australia and New Zealand. This area is famous for its constant seismic activity and because of the amount of active volcanoes that can be found ...
Shield Volcano
Shield Volcano Facts A shield volcano resembles the appearance of a Hawaiian warrior’s shield in that they have a low-angle profile. In almost all cases the comparison to a shield is done because the width of these volcanoes is typically around 20 times the size of their height. Despite this, they can vary greatly in terms of size with some ...
Stratovolcano
Stratovolcano Stratovolcanoes, or composite volcanoes, are similar to cinder cone volcanoes in terms of their shape, but that is one of their few similarities. These volcanoes have gentle lower slopes but much steeper upper slopes, creating an upwardly concave cone and generally have many distinct vents. The summit crater of these volcanoes ...
Subglacial Volcano
Subglacial Volcano A subglacial volcano is a volcano that is located either underneath a glacier itself or under the water in a lake which is inside a glacier. These volcanoes are very different from the other types in terms of shape as they usually have steep sides and a flat top. The exception is in the cases when the subglacial volcano ...
Kilauea Volcano
Photo taken by: United States Geological Survey Kilauea Volcano Facts The Kilauea Volcano is the youngest volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island. Because when viewed from above it seems tiny in comparison to the neighboring volcano Mauna Loa, Kilauea was originally believed to simply be a satellite of Mauna Loa instead of a distinct volcano. ...
Mud Volcano
Mud Volcano A mud volcano is a formation that was created by any geo-excreted gases and liquids and the formation process can vary slightly. This type of volcano is usually found in subduction zones and around the world, many have been recognized. Most of the gases that are released from a mud volcano are methane although they also release ...
Submarine Volcano
Submarine Volcano A submarine volcano is different than all of the other types because they are found underwater. These volcanoes are in fact some of the most productive of the volcanic systems, producing around three quarters of the year’s output of magma but most people do not think of them because they are usually located around 8,500 ...
Volcanic Ash
Volcanic Ash Volcanic ash is the ash produced when an eruption is about to or is taking place. There are several negative effects of volcanic ash on the people that live in the area and even those that are nowhere near the volcano. This type of ash can have problems as far as different continents with several instances in which it has ...
Supervolcano
Supervolcano Volcanoes can be both very impressive and highly destructive. While most people are used to watching the big shows of lava spewing from volcanoes on TV and some while volcano watching during their vacations, no one can possibly be prepared to the amount of disaster that a supervolcano would cause. In recorded history no one has ...
Yellowstone Volcano
Yellowstone Volcano There are events that take place throughout the history of the world that are so massive that they are ingrained in our heads from the moment that we hear of them. The places in which those events took place become a tourist spot for many people to visit but at one point they were the site of disaster. One such place is ...
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