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Cornell Notes:
Types of Volcanoes & Hot Spots
Topic / Objective:
Types of volcanoes and hot spots.
Essential Question:
How do different types of
volcanoes look and behave?
What is a Shield Volcano?
Broad at the base and has gently sloping sides
Covers a wide area
Generally forms from quiet / nonexplosive eruptions
Example: Hawaiian Islands
Shield Volcano – Mount Kilauea, Hawaii
What is a cinder cone volcano?
Most common type of volcano
Very steep slopes
Forms from explosive eruptions
Made of pyroclastic material
Often found in clusters
Example: Paricutin, Mexico
Cinder Cone Volcano – Mount Paricutin, Mexico
What is a composite volcano?
Explosive and non explosive eruptions
Made of alternating layers of hardened lava flows
(non-explosive) and pyroclastic material (explosive)
Also known as Stratovolcanoes
Example: Mt. Tambora and Mt. Fuji
Composite Volcano – Mount Fuji, Japan
Volcanoes
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What is a Hot Spot?
 A hot spot is a volcanically active area of Earth’s
surface, commonly far from a tectonic plate
boundary
 Most hot spots form where columns of solid,
hot material from the deep mantle, called
mantle plumes, rise and reach the lithosphere
Hawaiian Islands Formed as a
Result of Hot Spots
Often the hot spot
creates a chain of
volcanoes, as a plate
moves across a
relatively stationary
mantle plume. The
best example of a hot
spot volcanic chain is
the Hawaiian Islands.
From the volcanic track
left by the moving plate
we can tell the direction of
motion of the plate (to the
NW) and the rate at which
it moves (8.6 cm/year).
Hot Spot Volcanoes
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Guess the Type of Volcano
Shield