World Landforms Unfolding the Details about Strato or Composite Volcanoes
In its bid to educate and inform people about the all the major landform on the earth’s surface,
World Landforms, an educational online portal, unfolds details about Strato, or...
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World Landforms Unfolding the Details about Strato or Composite Volcanoes
In its bid to educate and inform people about the all the major landform on the earth’s surface,
World Landforms, an educational online portal, unfolds details about Strato, or Composite
Volcanoes, giving a thorough account of different facts related to them. These volcanoes have a
layered structure formed by the gradual deposition of eruptive material like Andesite magma,
volcanic ash, rock fragments and cinders, hence the name, Strato volcanoes. Known for their violent
explosions, Composite Volcanoes are found in chains around the Pacific Rim in varied shapes like
convex- concave, helmet-shaped, pyramidal, composite volcanoes with multiple summits, and other
forms.
The explosive eruptions of a composite volcano have always garnered curiosity and World
Landforms explains the reasons behind them, “Composite volcanoes erupt due to the viscous
magma. When the magma comes to the earth’s crust, it results in a cloggi
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