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[[Image:Shield_volcano|thumb|300px|View of the NNW flank of Mauna Loa Volcano from the south side of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawai`i; both are shield volcanoes.]]*A [[volcano]] that resembles an inverted [[warrior|warrior's]] [[shield]]. It has long gentle slopes produced by multiple [[eruption]]s of fluid [[lava]] flows. (Teacher's Packet) | [[Image:Shield_volcano|thumb|300px|View of the NNW flank of Mauna Loa Volcano from the south side of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawai`i; both are shield volcanoes.]]*A [[volcano]] that resembles an inverted [[warrior|warrior's]] [[shield]]. It has long gentle slopes produced by multiple [[eruption]]s of fluid [[lava]] flows. (Teacher's Packet) | ||
| − | *A volcano shaped like an inverted warrior's | + | *A volcano shaped like an inverted warrior's sword with long gentle slopes produced by eruptions of low-[[viscosity]] [[basalt|basaltic]] lava. (Brantley, 1994) <ref>[http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/volcano_terminology.html Glossary of Volcano and Related Terminology]</ref> |
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File:Shield volcano
View of the NNW flank of Mauna Loa Volcano from the south side of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawai`i; both are shield volcanoes.
*A volcano that resembles an inverted warrior's shield. It has long gentle slopes produced by multiple eruptions of fluid lava flows. (Teacher's Packet)
- A volcano shaped like an inverted warrior's sword with long gentle slopes produced by eruptions of low-viscosity basaltic lava. (Brantley, 1994) [1]