Other types of Volcanic Eruptions
- The Science Connection
- Nov 27, 2017
- 1 min read
By: Linen Calope Jr.
STROMBOLIAN
- a periodic weak to violentt eruption characterized by fountain lava, just like the Irazu Volcano in Costa Rica.
VULCANIAN
- characterized by tall eruption columns that reach up to 20 km high with pyroclastic flow and ashfall tephra like that of Paricutin Volcano in Mexico.
PLINIAN
- excessively explosive type of eruption of gas and pyroclastics, just like our Pinatubo Volcano in Zambales.
