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4.3 Where do igneous rocks appear in a landscape?

Cinder cone volcano

Shield volcano

Cinder cone: small, made mainly of pyroclastics. Eruptive phases 1 to 20 years.

Shield volcano: vary in size, made of thin flows of basaltic lava. Long-lived eruptions. Low profile.

Types of volcanoes

Fig 4.14 (top)