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Mount Vesuvius is the result of a subduction zone, where one tectonic plate slides under another. In this case the portion of the African Plate that is under the Mediterranean is sliding under the Eurasian Plate. This generates magma tha allows volcanoes to form.
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Which tectonic plates made mt vesuvius erupt in ad79?
Mount Vesuvius is the result of the convergence of the African and Eurasian plates.
What type of plate boundary is creating mount vesuvius?
there are two tectonic plates under mount vesuvius. the african, and the eurasian plate.
Is mt vesuvius a volcano in the ring of fire?
Mount Vesuvius is a volcano that was created by the convergence of two tectonic plates. It is a composite volcano composed of a variety of different layers.
How was Mount Vesuvius formed?
it was just formed naturlly and it was not formed by any earthquake Mount Vesuvius was formed when two plates collided
How was mount ossa formed?
tectonic plates
Which tectonic plates made mt vesuvius erupt in ad79?
Mount Vesuvius is the result of the convergence of the African and Eurasian plates.
What type of plate boundary is creating mount vesuvius?
there are two tectonic plates under mount vesuvius. the african, and the eurasian plate.
Is mt vesuvius a volcano in the ring of fire?
Mount Vesuvius is a volcano that was created by the convergence of two tectonic plates. It is a composite volcano composed of a variety of different layers.
How was Mount Vesuvius formed?
it was just formed naturlly and it was not formed by any earthquake Mount Vesuvius was formed when two plates collided
How was mount ossa formed?
tectonic plates
What plates caused mount vesuvius to form?
the african and european
How did Mount Vesuvius erupt in Pompeii 79AD?
the two plates
How did the African and the Eurasian plates create Mount Vesuvius?
convection currents
What happens when the plates form mount vesuvius?
Mount Vesuvius is located above a subduction zone formed where the African plate descends beneath Italy.
Mt Vesuvius what two plates is it on?
The two plates that caused the formation of Vesuvius were the African and Eurasian plates. Its resting on a compressional/destructive plate boundary.
What two tectonic plates caused Mount Unzen in Japan?
The Philippine and Eurasian plates created Mount Unzen in Japan.
What caused the mount stromboli formation?
Two tectonic plates
