Volcano with steep sides, made of a composite of many types of eruption styles, from low viscosity mafic magma, higher viscosity felsic lava, but most commonly, intermediate andesite lava.
Synonyms:
composite volcano, composite cone
Volcano with steep sides, made of a composite of many types of eruption styles, from low viscosity mafic magma, higher viscosity felsic lava, but most commonly, intermediate andesite lava.