o Built of alternating layers of lava flows and pyroclastics.
o Can reach heights of 5 km.
o Relatively steep slopes.
o Examples are the Cascade volcanoes, Mt. Fuji, and Vesuvius.
o Products of subduction zones.
Occur on continents (where oceanic lithosphere slides beneath continental lithosphere
Occur in island arcs where one oceanic plate slides beneath another oceanic plate.