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What are the names of four tectonic plates located near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano?
Nevado del Ruiz is on the South American Plate and is the result of the Nazca plate subducting under it. The Cocos and Caribbean plates are not far away.
What plates are causing the nevado del ruiz volcano to form?
The nevado del ruiz is located on a convergent plate boundary, this is where a continental and oceanic crust collide head on and the oceanic crust (the densest) is driven under the continental and melts in the mantle, the melted plate then is pressured back up through the continental plate and forms volcanoes. fold mountains will be found here too.
Is Nevado del Ruiz a cinder cone?
No. Nevado del Ruiz is a stratovolcano.
How was the Nevado del Ruiz created?
The Nevado del Ruiz volcano is located on a destructive plate boundary whereby the dense, oceanic Nazca plate is being subducted under the less dense, continental South American plate. The melted rock from the Oceanic plate rises to the surface, the pressure builds until the magma erupts from the volcano. It is a composite or strato volcano meaning it is made up of layers of solidified lava and pyroclasic material.
what hemisphere is nevado del ruiz volcano in?
Ruiz, Nevado del. Ruiz is the northern-most historically active volcano in South America (4.9N, 75.3W).
How high is nevado del ruiz?
The Nevado de Ruiz is 5321 meters above sea level according to wikipedia.
What country is the volcano Nevado del Ruiz in?
I don't know Stratovolcano
Did Nevado del Ruiz erupt lava in 1985?
No. The 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz produced hot ash and pumice.
What type of damage did nevado del ruiz do?
It destroyed many houses and many families
Has anyone climbed Nevado del Ruiz?
Yes. Many people have climbed it.
How old is the Nevado del Ruiz?
3
What type of volcano is Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia?
Nevado del Ruiz is an active volcano. The last erruption occured on November 13, 1985.
