Composite Cone volcanoes and cinder cone volcanoes?

Question

are they the same thing, if not, how are they different? OR are composite cone and just composite the same thing? thanks!

Answer 1

hanalulu almost is correct. It is correct about the alternating ash/cinder/lava layers for the composite volcano, but cinder cones don't have a shield shape, they have a cone shape much like classical volcanoes (find a picture of Paricutin, in Mexico for an example). Shield shaped volcanoes are called shield volcanoes or volcanic shields, and are usually large in comparison to both types of cones (although some composites are very large..Mt. Fuji, for example).

Answer 2

Composite cone volcanoes are usually just called composite, or stratovolcano. And composite and cindercone volcanoes are very different. A composite volcano is when layers of ash, magma, etc. . . pile up, but layes alternate in a pattern. A cinder cone volcano is usually a shield shape, and the cinders are loose. So if there are powerful forces, the cinders can turn loose.

Answer 3

Composite Cone Volcanoes are different from Cinder Cone Volcanoes.
Cinder cones are the simplest type of volcano. They are built from particles and blobs of congealed lava ejected from a single vent. As the gas-charged lava is blown violently into the air, it breaks into small fragments that solidify and fall as cinders around the vent to form a circular or oval cone. Most cinder cones have a bowl-shaped crater at the summit and rarely rise more than a thousand feet or so above their surroundings. Cinder cones are numerous in western North America as well as throughout other volcanic terrains of the world.
Some of the Earth's grandest mountains are composite volcanoes--sometimes called stratovolcanoes. They are typically steep-sided, symmetrical cones of large dimension built of alternating layers of lava flows, volcanic ash, cinders, blocks, and bombs and may rise as much as 8,000 feet above their bases. Some of the most conspicuous and beautiful mountains in the world are composite volcanoes, including Mount Fuji in Japan, Mount Cotopaxi in Ecuador, Mount Shasta in California, Mount Hood in Oregon, and Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier in Washington.

Answer 4

Kilauea is a shield volcano, but there are some cinder cones (or spatter cones) on the "shield". Shield volcanoes are characterized by eruptions that are very hot and have a very low silica content. Strato volcanoes erupt with relatively cool lava with a high silica content.