Editing Volcano (section)

===Cinder cones===
{{Main|volcanic cone|Cinder cone}}
[[File:Izalco Volcano.jpg|thumb|[[Izalco (volcano)|Izalco volcano]], the youngest volcano in El Salvador. Izalco erupted almost continuously from 1770 (when it formed) to 1958, earning it the nickname of "Lighthouse of the Pacific".]]

Cinder cones result from eruptions of mostly small pieces of [[scoria]] and [[Pyroclastic rock|pyroclastics]] (both resemble cinders, hence the name of this volcano type) that build up around the vent. These can be relatively short-lived eruptions that produce a cone-shaped hill perhaps {{convert|30 to 400|m|ft|-2}} high. Most cinder cones erupt only once and some may be found in [[monogenetic volcanic field]]s that may include other features that form when magma comes into contact with water such as [[maar]] explosion craters and [[tuff ring]]s.<ref name="Thomas2000">David S.G. Thomas and Andrew Goudie (eds.), ''The Dictionary of Physical Geography'' (Oxford: Blackwell, 2000), 301. {{ISBN|0-631-20473-3}}.</ref> Cinder cones may form as [[parasitic cone|flank vents]] on larger volcanoes, or occur on their own. [[Parícutin]] in Mexico and [[Sunset Crater]] in [[Arizona]] are examples of cinder cones. In [[New Mexico]], [[Caja del Rio]] is a [[volcanic field]] of over 60 cinder cones.

Based on satellite images, it has been suggested that cinder cones might occur on other terrestrial bodies in the Solar system too; on the surface of Mars and the Moon.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wood|first1=C.A.|title=Cindercones on Earth, Moon and Mars|journal=Lunar and Planetary Science|volume=X|year=1979|pages=1370–1372|bibcode=1979LPI....10.1370W}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Meresse|first1=S.|last2=Costard|first2=F.O.|last3=Mangold|first3=N.|last4=Masson|first4=P.|last5=Neukum|first5=G.|title=Formation and evolution of the chaotic terrains by subsidence and magmatism: Hydraotes Chaos, Mars|doi=10.1016/j.icarus.2007.10.023|journal=Icarus|volume=194|issue=2|pages=487|year=2008|bibcode=2008Icar..194..487M}}</ref><ref name="Ulysses">{{Cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.icarus.2011.11.030|title=A unique volcanic field in Tharsis, Mars: Pyroclastic cones as evidence for explosive eruptions|year=2012|last1=Brož|first1=P.|last2=Hauber|first2=E.|journal=Icarus|volume=218|issue=1|pages=88|bibcode=2012Icar..218...88B}}</ref><ref name="mesic">{{Cite journal|last1=Lawrence|first1=S.J.|last2=Stopar|first2=J.D.|last3=Hawke|first3=B.R.|last4=Greenhagen|first4=B.T.|last5=Cahill|first5=J.T.S.|last6=Bandfield|first6=J.L.|last7=Jolliff|first7=B.L.|last8=Denevi|first8=B.W.|last9=Robinson|first9=M.S. | last10 = Glotch | first10 = T.D.|last11=Bussey|first11=D.B.J.|last12=Spudis|first12=P.D.|last13=Giguere|first13=T.A.|last14=Garry|first14=W.B.|title=LRO observations of morphology and surface roughness of volcanic cones and lobate lava flows in the Marius Hills|doi=10.1002/jgre.20060|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets|volume=118|issue=4|pages=615|year=2013|bibcode=2013JGRE..118..615L|doi-access=free}}</ref>