Episode 124: Volcanoes
The Science of Everything Podcast
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Different Types of Volcanoes
The chemical composition of magma tends to change over time as a result of moving around. The more viscous the lava is, and therefore the higher the silica content it has, the longer the pressure will build up before it's able to be released. There are four main types of volcanoes that i'm goig to talk about here: shield volcanoes, cinder cones, composite volcanoes,. which are a strata volcanoes and lava domes.
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