Effusive eruption from effusive to explosive, due to pressure build up below the lava dome. Effusive eruption An effusive eruption is a type of volcanic eruption in which lava steadily flows out of a volcano onto the ground. There are two major groupings of eruptions: effusive and explosive. Effusive eruption differs from explosive eruption, wherein magma is violently fragmented and rapidly expelled from a volcano. Effusive eruptions are most common in basaltic magmas, but they also occur in intermediate and felsic magmas. These eruptions form lava flows and lava domes, each of which vary in shape, length, and width. Deep in the
Ice-marginal lava flow activity and erosion. In the late 1800s, a debris flow from the Barrier created a large boulder field which gave Rubble Creek its name. Conditions are so bad that the area directly below the lava damn is considered uninhabitable and dangerous to human life. Hoodoo Mountain A second example of ice-marginal lava flows can again be found in British Columbia, this time near the border of Alaska. The Hoodoo Mountain Volcano is located in Northwestern British Columbia The volcano formed underneath a glacier, making it a subglacial formation. The Hoodoo Mountain Volcano is a flat-topped stratovolcano as a result of