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Stratovolcano




Although stratovolcanoes are sometimes called composite volcanoes, volcanologists prefer to use the term stratovolcano to distinguish among volcanoes because all volcanoes of any size have a composite (layered) structure — that is, are built up from sequential outpourings of eruptive materials.


EXAMPLES

— a stratovolcano — the day before the May 18 , 1980 , eruption that removed much of the top of the mountain]]

, a dormant stratovolcano in the Caucasus ]]

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an active stratovolcano in Mexico ]]


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