Three Types of Volcanoes: Shield Volcanoes by Kelly Peskura https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz For the three types of volcanoes, I want you to explain to me what a shield volcano is, what are they made of, an example of where this volcano can be found (a picture as well) and any other important pieces of information you want to share! en-us 2016-11-01 13:23:52 UTC 2023-03-17 05:42:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Shield volcanoes are the largest volcanoes on Earth that actually look like volcanoes (i.e. not counting flood basalt flows). The Hawaiian shield volcanoes are the most famous examples. Shield volcanoes are almost exclusively basalt, a type of lava that is very fluid when erupted. kpeskura15 https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134463360 2016-11-01 13:28:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134463360 For this reason these volcanoes are not steep. kpeskura15 https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134463628 2016-11-01 13:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134463628 Eruptions at shield volcanoes are only explosive if water somehow gets into the vent, otherwise they are characterized by low-explosivity fountaining that forms cinder cones and spatter cones at the vent, however, 90% of the volcano is lava rather than pyroclastic material. kpeskura15 https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134463780 2016-11-01 13:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134463780 Examples of shield volcanoes are Kilauea and Mauna Loa (and their Hawaiian friends), Fernandina (and its Galápagos friends), Karthala, Erta Ale, Tolbachik, Masaya, and many others. kpeskura15 https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134464006 This image is the Kilauea volcano erupting. ]]> 2016-11-01 13:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134464006 This is another shield volcano (Karthala) that is not erupting.    kpeskura15 https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134464877 2016-11-01 13:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134464877 This is an image of the largest volcanoes on Earth. They are Mauna Kea (MK), Mauna Loa (ML), Hualalai (H), and Kohala (K). This image is near the East Maui volcano (EM). kpeskura15 https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134465881 2016-11-01 13:34:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134465881  Shield volcanoes are the result of high magma supply rates; the lava is hot and little-changed since the time it was generated. kpeskura15 https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134467272 2016-11-01 13:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134467272 Another Shield volcano is  Fernandina which is located on the Galápagos Islands. kpeskura15 https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134467440 2016-11-01 13:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kpeskura15/u86i4ugqm8uz/wish/134467440