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stratovolcano [¦strad·ō·väl′kā·nō]

(geology)

A volcano constructed of lava and pyroclastics, deposited in alternating layers. Also known as composite volcano.

Stratovolcano

(also composite volcano), a volcano whose cone is composed of alternating flows of hardened lava and lava fragments (blocks, bombs, lapilli) that have become cemented together and turned into tuff.

Stratovolcanoes are formed during the outpouring of lavas and during volcanic eruptions. Many have a conical shape and range in elevation from several hundred meters to several kilometers. The slopes of the cone are relatively steep at the peak and flatten out toward the foot. The crater is in the form of a depression that ranges in diameter from several dozen meters to 2–3 km. Examples of stratovolcanoes include Kliuchevskaia Sopka and Kar-ymskaia Sopka of Kamchatka (USSR) and Mount Fuji (Japan).

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Shield volcanoes are notably different from the taller and pointed stratovolcanoes that the layperson can usually identify without too much trouble.

High Cascades lava trails ooze with raw beauty by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Shield volcanoes fueled by hotspots are different from the stratovolcanoes of the Pacific Rim.

Volcanoes ? Island Builders, Mountain Builders, and Time Bombs by Steven Vannoy And Craig Ross / News, opinion and commentary community

2005) show that the regions with the greatest extension in the Taupo Volcanic Zone of New Zealand produce active calderas up to 50 km wide that are dominated by felsic magmatism, whereas areas with the greatest transtension produce less active andesitic stratovolcanoes.

Igneous Rock Associations 7. Arc magmatism I: relationship between ... by Murphy, J. Brendan / Geoscience Canada

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