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What is worse : shield or dome volcanoes?

April 26, 2017dome earth Geology Mathematics sciences Shield volcanoes worse

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What is worse : shield or dome volcanoes?

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A dome or composite volcano is much more explosive than a shield volcano. Shield volcanoes have very viscous lava where as a composite volcano lave is very contaminated and the lava is thick and explosive. That is why they are cones or parts of cones as the lava does not flow far from the vent.