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What kind of volcanoes form along subduction zones?
Usually composite volcanoes. subduction zone volcanos usually form steep sided composite cones composed primarily of andesite
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 is a good sentence for subduction zone?
Volcanoes are most commonly associated with the top plate in subduction zones.
What is created at a convergent boundary?
It is a subduction zone and can create earthquakes and volcanoes
What deep-ocean feature forms at subduction zones?
In a subduction zone an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate or another oceanic plate. The subduction plate introduces water into the mantle, lowering melting temperatures and generating magma. This causes volcanoes, usually stratovolcanoes, to form on the overriding plate. If the overriding plate is continental a mountain range may develop.
What occurs at underwater subduction zones?
A subduction zone is where one plate (usually the ocean plate) dives under another (continental) plate. Friction causes earthquakes along it and melts the rock. The molten rock may have enough pressure to break the surface to form volcanoes.
What are the steps in continent mountain formation?
Continents and mountains are sometimes formed by volcanoes that occur on an arc near a subduction zone. The activity of the volcanoes can cause shifts in the plates that form mountains and lift continents.
How is a hot spot similar from a subduction zone?
Most volcanoes that cannot be ascribed either to a subduction zone or to a seafloor spreading at mid-ocean ridges are attributed to hot spots.
Was Mt Hood formed by a hot spot?
No. It is part of the Cascade volcanoes, which is a chain of volcanoes running from British Columbia to northern California, that are fed by a convergent boundary between the Juan de Fuca and the North American plates. The Cascade volcanoes themselves are part of the enormous Ring of Fire that roughly encircles the Pacific. The subduction zone between the Juan de Fuca and North American plates which feeds the volcanoes (including Rainier) is just a bit to the west, under the Pacific Ocean.
What are the steps in arc-continent mountain formations?
Continents and mountains are sometimes formed by volcanoes that occur on an arc near a subduction zone. The activity of the volcanoes can cause shifts in the plates that form mountains and lift continents.
What are the steps in arc continent mountain formation?
Continents and mountains are sometimes formed by volcanoes that occur on an arc near a subduction zone. The activity of the volcanoes can cause shifts in the plates that form mountains and lift continents.
What are the steps in arc-continent mountain formation?
Continents and mountains are sometimes formed by volcanoes that occur on an arc near a subduction zone. The activity of the volcanoes can cause shifts in the plates that form mountains and lift continents.
