What are at least 10 features of a \CINDER CONE VOLCANO\?
Cinder Cone Volcanoes: – are the most common kind of volcanoes – steep sided cones – chiefly formed by Strombolian eruptions – formed above a vent – most have a bowl-shaped crater at the top – “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” http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/v/v… – longer the eruption, the higher the cone – rarely exceed 250 meters in height and 500 meters in diameter – a few rise to as high as 650 meters or more – numerous in western North America – famous cinder cones include Paricutin in Mexico and the cinder cone is in the middle of Crater Lake – usually made of piles of lava, not ash – “This order of events–eruption, formation of cone and crater, lava flow–is a common sequence in the formation of cinder cones.”
