There are two main types of volcano - composite and shield. The two types of volcano form in different places and have very different characteristics. Ash released from shield volcanoes often ...

Poland described the volcano as "fascinating " but reassured it "doesn't really pose a hazard". The Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, akin to Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the world's most active volcano.

Although shield volcanoes are not typically associated with ... If you can develop a model for how this works at Axial, it gives us a starting point that we can apply elsewhere and, with a few ...

Poland described the volcano as "fascinating " but reassured that it "doesn't really pose a hazard". The Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, similar to Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the world's most active ...