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Thursday 4 December 2014

Different types of Volcanoes

Different types of Volcanoes
What is the difference of dormant from extinct?
  1. dormant-A dormant volcano is an active volcano that is not erupting, but supposed to erupt again.
  2. Extinct-An extinct volcano has not had an eruption for at least 10,000 years and is not expected to erupt again in a comparable time scale of the future.
Reference-www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcanoes/faq/active_erupting.html
Types of volcanoes on land
  1. Mt Ruapehu
  2. Mt Tongariro
  3. Mt Taranaki
  4. Mt Tarawera
  5. Mt Everest
Reference-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_volcanoes
Types of volcanoes in sea
  1. White Island
  2. Kermadecs Island
  3. Seamount
Reference-volcano.oregonstate.edu/oldroot/volcanoes/alpha.html

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