Does Italy have mostly composite, shield, or cinder cone volcanoes? Or, does it have a pretty equal amount of all three?
2006-11-01 05:24:43 · 5 answers · asked by egnaro 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Are the majority of volcanoes in Italy composite (stratovolcanoes), shield, or cinder cone volcanoes?! Or are there equal amounts of all three.
2006-11-01 05:37:46 · update #1
Italy has mostly stravolcanoes (or composite volcanoes). You can reed all about volcanos in Italy at these pages:
http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/region.cfm?rnum=0101
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Italy/framework.html
2006-11-01 06:17:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mostly cinder cone volcano's, Italy does not have shield volcano's Hawaii has a shield volcano and I think that Mt St Helen is a composite buy I'm not sure.
2006-11-01 05:32:05 · answer #2 · answered by wolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All three types of volcanoes are present in Italy. The most prevalent appear to be Complex type.
2006-11-01 05:52:45 · answer #3 · answered by sloop_sailor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italy is part of a chain of several thrust faults (those faults that thrust, literally, one crustal plate upon another). Due to the intense activity of this action(s), there are many opportunites for magma to escape the great depths and pressures resulting in volcanic activities. They are explosive volcanoes and remember Pompei and Mt. Vesuvius that exploded in 79AD killing many many people in the surrounding areas by suffocation (breathing in of volcanic glass or silica) and burying the people with ash.
Here is a great link to help with your question. http://boris.vulcanoetna.com/Italiahome.html
2006-11-01 05:49:18 · answer #4 · answered by a big one 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death Inducing, Heat Producing, Lava Spewing Roman Catholic Volcanoes.
2006-11-01 05:32:47 · answer #5 · answered by outlaw_tattoo_biker 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋