What Is a Subaerial Volcano?

A subaerial eruption is a volcanic eruption that has occurred on the land surface, 'under the air'. They generally produce pyroclastic flows, lava fountains, and lava flows, which are commonly classified in different subearial eruption types, including Plinian, Peléan, and Hawaiian eruptions.

Where are subaerial volcanoes?

Subaqueous volcano deposits have been occurring in the south of Honshu, the largest island among Japan's four principal islands. The four subaqueous volcanic deposits have been documented and are located throughout Japan offer significant evidence to study.

Where are most subaerial volcanoes?

As shown in Figure 1, most of the existing volcanoes of the Earth are concentrated in the arc zones; the ridge zones of upwelling produce much eruption deep under the oceans, but few subaerial volcanic piles occur on them: exceptions being the volcanoes on Iceland and Tristan da Cunha.