'''Mafic volcanoes''' typically erupt for brief time intervals (weeks to perhaps centuries), but some can grow almost as large as composite [[volcano|volcanoes]]. Subsequent eruptions in the region typically issue from new vents and, over tens to hundreds of thousands of years, build broad fields of many volcanoes. (Scott, et.al., 2001) <ref>[http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/volcano_terminology.html Glossary of Volcano and Related Terminology]</ref> | '''Mafic volcanoes''' typically erupt for brief time intervals (weeks to perhaps centuries), but some can grow almost as large as composite [[volcano|volcanoes]]. Subsequent eruptions in the region typically issue from new vents and, over tens to hundreds of thousands of years, build broad fields of many volcanoes. (Scott, et.al., 2001) <ref>[http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/volcano_terminology.html Glossary of Volcano and Related Terminology]</ref> |