Shield volcanoes: - These are a type of volcanoes that tend to erupt basalt lava, a type of lava that is very fluid when erupted.
- Although shield volcanoes are the largest volcanoes on Earth, they do not form soaring mountains with conical peaks like composite volcanoes. Instead, they are broad volcanoes with gentle slopes.
- Eruptions at shield volcanoes are only explosive if water somehow gets into the vent, otherwise they are characterized by low-explosivity fountaining that forms cinder cones and spatter cones at the vent.
- The Hawaiian shield volcanoes are the most famous examples.
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