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Why in some areas volcanoes occur while in other areas they don't have?
Many of the world's volcanoes occur along the edges of boundaries of the plates. Plate boundaries are among the most geologically active places on earth. Here, new rock is being both created and destroyed, so this is where most of the world's volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.
Which plate boundaries volcanoes are found along?
Volcanoes typically occur at two different types of plate boundaries. These two plate boundaries are: the diverging plate boundary where plates separate, and the converging plate boundaries where one plate is beneath another one at subduction zones.
How can volcanoes islands occur in other places than at plate boundaries?
Volcanic islands can also be caused by hotspots
Are volcanoes made by plates sliding away from each other?
Many are but many others are not. Most volcanoes on land occur where two plates press into each other and one slide slides under the other. Some volcanoes occur at hot spots, which are not related to plate boundaries.
Where is a volcano most likely to form?
Volcanoes are most likely to form along tectonic plate boundaries, such as convergent and divergent plate boundaries. Convergent boundaries occur when two plates collide, causing one plate to subduct beneath the other, creating volcanic activity. Divergent boundaries occur when two plates move apart, creating gaps where magma rises to the surface and forms volcanoes. Additionally, volcanoes can also form within hotspots, where a plume of hot magma rises through the Earth's mantle.
What plate boundary can cause volcanoes?
What type of boundaries cause volcanoes? Divergent and transform fault boundaries cause volcanoes because they separate. Convergent boundaries cause earthquakes because they collide with other plates.
Where do earthquakes and volcanoes appear?
Around plate boundaries Sometimes they can occur far from plate boundaries.
Why do earthquakes and volcanoes usually occur at plate boundaries?
Earthquake occur because tectonic plates are grinding against each other, causing movement along faults which in turn causes earthquakes. Volcanic activity occurs at subduction zones because the subducting plate introduces water into the mantle, which allows mantle rock to melt. Volcanoes form at divergent boundaries because the thinned crust reduces pressure on the upper mantle, allowing rock to melt.
What type of plate boundaries do stratovolcanoes occur?
At constructive plate margins (where two plate slide away from each other) or a destructive plate boundary (where two plates slide together), volcanoes do not occur at a conservative plate margin. Hope this helps
At what boundaries do the largest earthquakes occur?
It is along the boundary between tectonic plates that most earthquakes occur. These plate boundaries are zones of differential movement between the plates. The tectonic plates, great masses of shifting crust, move into, along or away from each other at their boundaries. Forces of almost unimaginable magnitude build up pressures that cannot possibly be measured. And this occurs between masses of rock and earth that do not want to shift. When they "let go" in response to the pressure, a quake can occur.
Why do earthquakes and volcanoes usually happen at plate boundaries?
Earthquakes occur when two plates that were pushing against each other slip apart and all the pressure gets released causing the earthquake. And idk about volcanoes
Is Pinatubo is along converging plate boundaries?
Yes. Pinatubo and the other volcanoes of the Philippines are the result of he convergence between the Philippine Plate and the Eurasian plate.
