Eruption Style

Cotopaxi is known to be one of the most active volcanoes in the world, and it is an explosive volcano. Its lava type is ryolitic. This lava has high silica, high viscosity, and it is very explosive. The hazards of the volcano are lahars and pyroclastic flows. Lahar’s are fast moving mudflow that occurs during a volcanic eruption and melts the snow and ice on the volcano. Pyroclastic flows is a very dence and hot cloud of gas/ pyroclastic material that move down hill quickly during an eruption.