If Basaltic Magma Is Too Viscous to Form a Lava

question 48

Multiple Choice

If basaltic magma is too viscous to form a lava plateau, but still quite fluid, it heaps up slightly, forming:

• A) cinder cones.
• B) calderas.
• C) ash-flow tuffs.
• D) shield volcanoes.

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