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A volcano that is fairly symmetrical and has both layers of lava and pyroclastic deposits is a _____.

cinder cone volcano


pyroclastic volcano


composite cone volcano


shield volcano

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composite cone volcano

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Answer:

Composite cone volcano

Step-by-step explanation:

Composite Cone Volcanoes are large volcanic buildings with long, generally conical shape, usually with a small crater on the summit and steep flanks, constructed by the interleaving of lava flows and pyroclastic products emitted by one or more conduits, which can be punctuated. over time by episodes of partial cone collapse, reconstruction and changes in conduit location.

Compound volcanoes are found in all regions of volcanism, but it is in plate convergence zones, where a tectonic plate subdows (plunges) toward the earth's mantle beneath another tectonic plate, that these volcanic buildings are most abundant. The magmatic expression of a converging plate margin environment is usually a series of sub-regularly spaced Compound Volcanoes, forming a sub-parallel volcanic arch to the tectonic fossa.

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