shield volcano
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shield volcano
noun shield volcanoes · shield volcanos
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A large volcano, with shallow-sloping sides and a flattened dome, formed of successive eruptions of free-flowing lava from fissure vents.
Large shield volcanoes of the Hawaiian type (Macdonald, 1972) are more complex, longer lived, polygenetic centres whose life spans may be measurable in terms of hundreds of thousands of years to a millions years.
Similar: lava dome
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noun type of volcano with shallow-sloping sides and a flattened dome
| Español | volcán en escudo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 순상 화산 sunsang hwasan |
| 日本語 | 楯状火山 tatejōkazan |
| 中文 | 盾狀火山 /盾状火山 dùnzhuàng huǒshān |
| Português | vulcão-escudo |
| Français | volcan bouclier |
| Deutsch | Schildvulkan |
| Русский | щитово́й вулка́н ščitovój vulkán, щитови́дный вулка́н ščitovídnyj vulkán |
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