Subduction zones involve an oceanic plate sliding beneath either a continental plateor another oceanic plate (that is, the subducted plate is always oceanic while the subducting plate may or may not be oceanic). Subduction zones are often noted for their high rates of volcanism, earthquakes, and mountain building. This is because subduction processes result in melt of the mantle that produces a volcanic arc as relatively lighter rock is forcibly submerged.
Explosive volcanoes are most common at subduction zones.
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Cone volcanoes which are likely to erupt explosively are found at subduction zones. Spreading zones (constructive plate boundaries) and hot spots produce quieter volcanoes because their lava is thinner. The ones at hot spots are shield volcanoes.
They don't. Few, if any volcanoes in the world do. The volcanoes, especially at subduction zones, will often go dormant for years and even centuries without erupting.
Yes. All the Aleutian volcanoes are the result of subduction.
Explosive volcanoes are most common at subduction zones.
No, hotspot volcanoes do not occur along subduction zones. They occur when plates pass over mantle hot spots.
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Cone volcanoes which are likely to erupt explosively are found at subduction zones. Spreading zones (constructive plate boundaries) and hot spots produce quieter volcanoes because their lava is thinner. The ones at hot spots are shield volcanoes.
In the continental side of the subduction zones and island arks.
They don't. Few, if any volcanoes in the world do. The volcanoes, especially at subduction zones, will often go dormant for years and even centuries without erupting.
Yes. All the Aleutian volcanoes are the result of subduction.
On a destructive margin
Usually composite volcanoes. subduction zone volcanos usually form steep sided composite cones composed primarily of andesite
No
There is no subduction occurring.
Volcanoes are most commonly associated with the top plate in subduction zones.