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Missing information: Info on Stratovolcanoes/Composite volcanoes
- Information on what they are:
Standing at "a height of 2,920 meters (9,580 feet) above sea level, The Tequila Volcano, or Volcán de Tequila is a Stratovolcano located near Tequila, Jalisco, in Mexico." Stratovolcanoes, also referred to as Composite Volcanoes, are the "iconically" conical-shaped volcanoes, found most commonly along subduction zones, Stratovolcanoes are composed of steeply dipping layers of lava, hardened ash, and other material that erupted from the main vent such as tephra and pumice. Commonly higher than 2500 meters above sea-level, Stratovolcanoes have gentle lower slopes which gradually become steeper the higher you get with a relatively small summit crater. Due to their eruptions, Stratovolcanoes have several distinct variations giving some a specific feature such as calderas and amphitheaters.
- Rebekah - plate boundary
- include subduction zone and what a subduction zone is
In recorded history, volcanoes in subduction zones are known to have the most explosive eruptions causing the most danger to the surrounding civilization. These eruptions will generally produce pyroclastic flows containing toxic gas and hot volcanic fragment traveling at high speeds. Stratovolcanoes can erupt any kind of magma type although the lava usually cools and hardens not letting it get very far.
- Casey - Introduce brief history of the - Compare and contrast stratovolcanoes to other volcanoes
- How long was it active
- Did it erupt? Chances of erupting
- Level of danger if it did erupt
- Liz
- Does it still pose a threat?
- What is the community around it like today?