Profile of Hawaiian shield volcanoes (Mauna Loa and Kilauea) compared witht he profile of Mount Rainier, one of the larger Cascade Range composite volcanoes, drawn at the same scale.
-- Modified from: Tilling, Heliker, and Wright, 1987, Eruptions of hawaiian Volcanoes: Past, Present, and Future. Lyn Topinka, 1998. |
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