Volcano created from alternate layers of lava flows. Shield volcanoes are slightly sloping having a gradient between 6 and 12°. Their height can be as high as 9000 meters. The chemistry of the magma o [..]

A volcano in the shape of a flattened cone, broad and low, built by very fluid flows of basaltic lava.

large, gently sloping volcano made from fluid lava.

a wide, shallowly sloping volcano built from recurring flows of basaltic lava.

a volcanic cone made up of multiple layers of basaltic lava.

A gently sloping volcano in the shape of a flattened dome, built almost exclusively of mafic lava flows. The Hawaiian Islands are a good example.

A volcano that resembles an inverted warrior's shield. It has long gentle slopes produced by multiple eruptions of fluid lava flows.

a large, broad volcano with a flattened dome shape, typically made up of basaltic lava flows. Although they are modified by erosion, the extinct volcanoes of Akaroa and Lyttelton on Banks Peninsula are examples.

a low, broad volcano named for its resemblance to an ancient warrior shield.

a large, gently sloped volcano that forms by eruptions of basaltic lava flows

 A volcano formed when successive eruptions of free-flowing lava create a gently sloping dome of multiple layers.