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Basalts tend normally to form at mid-ocean ridges or at inter plate hotspots. However a specific type of Basalt known as Boninite which has a high silica and magnesium content and which is formed in the fore-arc and back-arc basins of subduction zones. This however is NOT a primary basalt.
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Is mount Cleveland a subduction zone?
Moun Cleveland formed as a result of a subduction zone, but is not a subduction zone in and of itself. A subduction zone is a feature that forms volcanoes, not a kind of volcano.
What does not happen near a subduction zone?
anything can happen at a subduction zone
Is volcan De fuego related to a hot spot or a subduction zone?
Subduction zone
Which convergent boundaries do not have a subduction zone?
A continent to continent convergent boundary does not have a subduction zone.
Basalt is pushed into the crust by subduction It will most likely become?
metamorphic rock
Is mount Cleveland a subduction zone?
Moun Cleveland formed as a result of a subduction zone, but is not a subduction zone in and of itself. A subduction zone is a feature that forms volcanoes, not a kind of volcano.
What does not happen near a subduction zone?
anything can happen at a subduction zone
Which convergent boundaries do not have a subduction zone?
A continent to continent convergent boundary does not have a subduction zone.
Is volcan De fuego related to a hot spot or a subduction zone?
Subduction zone
What is a region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere?
Most notable is the so-called 'Ring of Fire', an area encircling the Pacific Ocean where oceanic crustal plates are subducting under continental plates and less dense oceanic plates.
Is island on a subduction zone?
no
Basalt is pushed into the crust by subduction It will most likely become?
metamorphic rock
Is japan on a hot spot?
No. The volcanic activity in Japan is associated with a subduction zone.
What is the difference in spreading center earthquakes and subduction zone?
Spreading center earthquakes are always shallow, subduction zone earthquakes can be very deep.Spreading center earthquakes are typically of lower magnitude than subduction zone earthquakes.
What is opposite of a subduction zone?
emergence
Why does a subduction zone drag a continent towards the zone?
because it wants to
What zone formed where two oceanic plates collide?
zone of subduction
