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do cinder cone volcanoes erode quickly?

2007-02-21 14:23:28 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

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Yes, they do.

2007-02-22 05:27:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1007/volcanic.html
Yes. Information from a USGS website on the Cinder Cones area in the Mojave Desert of California--with photos of cinder cones:
"cinder cones degrade relative quickly compared to the lava flows. In a study of erosion rates of volcanic materials in the Cinder Cones region, Dohrenwend and others (1984) found that the oldest remains of cones were only about 1 million years old, whereas the older flows were about 3 million, and the remains of stock edifices were as old as 7 million years."

2007-02-23 09:09:55 · answer #2 · answered by luka d 5 · 0 0

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