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Is there a hot spot or a subdution zone near mount st helens?
Mount St. Helens is near a subduction zone.
What came out of Mt St Helens?
hot liquid called lava or magma
Is mount st. Helen a boundary or a hot spot?
Mount St Helens is on a convergent plate boundary.
How was mount st Helen erupted?
Mt. St. Helens erupted by the pressure to make a volcano explode. Lava originates deep below the Earth's surface where it is still extremely hot, with magma at the bottom of the lava. a 5.1 earthquake triggered mt st helens to erupt
How is the formation of Mount St. Helens volcano different than a hot-spot volcano?
Mount St. Helens is a stratovolcano formed by the subduction of tectonic plates, where the Pacific plate is being forced beneath the North American plate. Hot-spot volcanoes, like the Hawaiian Islands, are formed by magma that rises from a fixed mantle plume hotspot under the Earth's crust.
Why are volcanoes such as Mt St Helens on the North American plate?
Mt. St. Helens was formed when the North American Plate passed over a hot spot on the Earth's crust. A hot spot is a weak spot in the Earth's crust that magma can escape through. This hot spot is now the vent of Mt. St. Helens.
Where are mount st Helens hotspots?
Mount St. Helens is not associated with a hot spot. It is the result of the Juan de Fuca Plate suducting beneath the North American Plate off the Pacific Coast of the U.S. and Canada.
How hot is magma coming out of a volcano?
at least 180 degrees celcius
On Mount Saint Helens the hot lava melted the snow and caused a?
On Mount Saint Helens, the hot lava melted the snow, causing a catastrophic debris avalanche and lateral blast that devastated the surrounding areas. The eruption in 1980 resulted in the loss of lives, destruction of homes and infrastructure, and significant ecological impacts.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro made of?
it is made up of igneous rocks, magma,and hot lava
What was the cause of the mt st Helens eruption?
An Earthquake on the St Mt Helens caused a bulge to appear, which gave the Volcano an oppurtunity to erupt, also in addition to that the earthquake caused a hole in the volcano which caused the magma chamber to split so the magma could rise up the main vent!
How hot is magma in mount fuji?
Mount Fuji is fed by basaltic magma, which generally ranges in temperature between 1,000 and 1,200 degrees Celsius or 1,830 to 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit.
