Sunday, January 8, 2012

USGS Shield Volcanoes

Read the following information on shield volcanoes.  What do shield volcanoes look like?  What are shield volcanoes made of?  Where are shield volcanoes located?

Summarize the reading section on plate tectonics and shield volcanoes.


Summarize the section on Hawaiian shield volcanoes.


Shield Volcanoes

2 comments:

  1. Bryant winters and Matthew MurphyJanuary 9, 2012 at 5:56 AM

    Shield volcanoes are made almost entirely of fluid lava flows. Shield volcanoes look like warriors shields. Shield volcanoes are located on the boundaries of convergent plates.

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  2. Shield volcanoes are volcanoes made of highly fluid lava found in Hawaii.-Dominic Deutsch

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