Shield volcano covers some of the information on the Hawaiian type : You'll note that the text says " Most of what is currently known about shield volcanic eruptive character has been gleaned from studies done on the volcanoes of Hawai?i island, by far the most intensively studied of all shields due to their scientific accessibility; [ 16 ] the island lends its name to the slow-moving, effusive eruptions typical of shield volcanism, known as Hawaiian eruptions . " You'd have to believe that if K + lauea is the possibly most studied volcano on earth, someone would have come up with some way to stop ameliorate its effects.
