Thursday, March 26, 2009

What type of volcano is it?


Shishaldin Volcano is a stratovolcano that is shaped as nearly a perfect cone in shape. A stratovolcano can also be called a composite volcano- or a volcano made of layers of hardened lava flow and pyroclastic materials. It is situated where the Pacific Plate, which is an oceanic plate, is colliding and subducting under other similar plates.

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