volcanology, a pyroclastic shield or ignimbrite shield is an uncommon type of shield volcano. Unlike most shield volcanoes, pyroclastic shields are formed...

volcanic matter Pyroclastic Peak, a volcanic peak south of Mount Cayley in British Columbia, Canada Pyroclastic shield, an uncommon type of shield volcano formed...

basaltic shields, it has also at times been applied to rarer scutiform volcanoes of differing magmatic composition—principally pyroclastic shields, formed...

were tapped as the eruption progressed. Pyroclastic flow Pyroclastic rock Pyroclastic surge Pyroclastic shield volcano Cas, R. A. F.; Wright, J. V. (1988)...

688-metre-high asymmetrical pyroclastic shield, are formed by thick pyroclastic flow deposits. There is no sign of a pyroclastic shield along the rim of the...

Orogeny – The formation of mountain ranges Pyroclastic shield – Shield volcano formed mostly of pyroclastic and highly explosive eruptions  This article...

Emi Koussi (also known as Emi Koussou) is a high pyroclastic shield volcano that lies at the southeast end of the Tibesti Mountains in the central Sahara...

volcano Guyot Lava cone Lava dome Mud volcano Pancake dome Pyroclastic cone Pyroclastic shield Shield volcano Stratovolcano Subglacial mound Submarine volcano...

formed by collapse of the surface into a void Pyroclastic shield – Shield volcano formed mostly of pyroclastic and highly explosive eruptions Resurgent dome –...

is on the edge of the Rabaul caldera, a flooded caldera of a large pyroclastic shield volcano. Rabaul was planned and built around the harbour area known...

pyroclastic shield in Bolivia. It is located on the Altiplano near to the Rio Lauca. The volcano is composed of ignimbrite, which has formed a shield...

Loloru is a pyroclastic shield volcano located in the southern region of Bougainville Island, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of northeastern...

Billy Mitchell is a pyroclastic shield, an uncommon type of volcano in the central part of the island of Bougainville, just north-east of the Bagana Volcano...

Apoyeque is a pyroclastic shield, located in the Chiltepe Peninsula Natural Reserve in Nicaragua. It has a 2.8-km wide, 400-m-deep, lake-filled caldera...

Las Sierras shield volcano and caldera. Within this caldera lies a sub-vent, which is Masaya Volcano sensu stricto. The vent is a shield type composed...

produced by volcanic activity. There are two main types: lava plateaus and pyroclastic plateaus. Lava plateaus are formed by highly fluid basaltic lava during...

250°S 168.117°E / -16.250; 168.117 Geography Ambrym Vanuatu Geology Mountain type Pyroclastic shield Volcanic arc New Hebrides arc Last eruption 2022...

This list of shield volcanoes includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes. Shield volcanoes are one of the three types[specify] of volcanoes...

volcanoes. It conforms the north eastern extreme of the Purico Complex, a pyroclastic shield made up by several stratovolcanoes, lava domes and a maar. Cerro Toco...

explosively erupted pyroclastic rocks, and igneous intrusives that are typically centered around a cylindrical vent. Unlike shield volcanoes, they are...

22.250°S 67.500°W / -22.250; -67.500 Laguna Colorada is an ignimbrite shield of the Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex at an altitude of 5,000 metres (16...

Panizos (Spanish: [ˈse.ro paˈni.sos], "Maize Hill") is a late Miocene-age shield-shaped volcano spanning the Potosi Department of Bolivia and the Jujuy Province...

a shield shaped volcanic structure consisting of the Purico ignimbrite and a number of secondary volcanoes that are emplaced on this volcanic shield. During...

neighbouring summits. The earliest activity at Tata Sabaya constructed a pyroclastic shield, which crops out as a 20-metre (66 ft) thick sequence of block-and-ash...

is typical of a shield volcano. However, it is also considered a composite volcano, made up of a matrix of lava flows and pyroclastic deposits. Unlike...

as well as pyroclastic surges like the one that destroyed the city of Saint-Pierre in Martinique in 1902. They are also steeper than shield volcanoes,...

runs diagonally across the volcanic arc. Tocomar has generated several pyroclastic flows during the Pleistocene as well as phreatic-phreatomagmatic activity...

landform of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic ash, clinkers, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent. The pyroclastic fragments are...

Nindirí and Masaya lie within the massive Pleistocene Las Sierras pyroclastic shield volcano. There are two peaks in the Colima volcano complex: Nevado...

Goosenest is a shield volcano topped by a pyroclastic cone at its summit located in the Cascades of northern California. The area is near Mount Shasta...