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The plates involved in Mt. Pinatubo's eruption are called a destructive plate boundary. This means that the plates move towards each other and the oceanic plate is denser than the continental plate and therefore it moves underneath the continental plate. As this peice of land moves underneath this is called the subduction zone, and the plate moves into the magma chamber of the volcano and it melts as magma which forces the magma up the main vent thus causing an eruption.
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How tall is mount Pinatubo?
Mount Pinatubo is 4,872 feet tall
What type of magma does mount Pinatubo have?
Mount Pinatubo primarily erupts dacitic magma.
How old is mount Pinatubo?
Mount Pinatubo is believed to be 1.1 million years old.
Why did Mount Pinatubo erupt?
This eruption was caused because the Philippine plate subducted the Eurasian plate causing heat to build under Mount Pinatubo, this heat risen rapidly and the volcanic eruption occurred.Also, the volcano is in the Philipines and composite
What two plates formed mount Pinatubo?
Mt. Pinatubo is in a subduction zone. subduction is when one tectonic plate slides under another. In the Mt. Pinatubo area the Eurasian Plate slides under the Philippine Sea Plate at the Manila Trench.
What tectonic plates is Mount Pinatubo on?
Convergent plate boundary, more specifically a subduction zone.
Is mount Pinatubo in Italy?
No. Mount Pinatubo is in the Philippines.
What are the names of the plates surrounding mount Pinatubo?
The Philippine plate slid under the Eurasian plate.
What kind of volcano is Mount Pinatubo?
Mount Pinatubo is a stratovolcano
Is mount Pinatubo a fold mountain?
No. Mount Pinatubo is a volcano.
What plants live on mount Pinatubo?
what plant live on mount pinatubo
How tall is mount Pinatubo?
Mount Pinatubo is 4,872 feet tall
Why did the Mount Pinatubo plates move?
Mount Pinatubo plates moved due to a movement of two plates, when two plates rubtogether they melt causing liquid magma. When the pressure builds or a sudden movement of two plates can cause an earthquake which allows the volcano to erupt. Mt Pinatubo rumbled for days then it erupted killing around people including several journalists. It sent a cloud of sulfuric acid into the atmosphere 20 million tons of it travelled around the equator for days, the particles reflected sun light and cooled the whole world by 1. Who ever wrote this first could not spell Plus didn't say why they actually MOVE (i.e. the question). They move due to convection currents. These occur from the heating process withing the core of the earth. Warm magma rises to the surface where it cools and sinks. This process is a flow (circular) and moves the plates.
Is Mount Pinatubo a violent or non violent volcano?
Mount Pinatubo is violent.
Is Mount Pinatubo a mountain peninsula?
No. Mount Pinatubo is on the island of Luzon in the Phlippines.
Is Mount Pinatubo a composite volcano?
Yes. Mount Pinatubo is a composite volcano.
What kind of mountain is mount Pinatubo?
Mount Pinatubo is a volcano, specifically a stratovolcano.
