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Volcanoes are typically found only where the Earth's tectonic plates are colliding in such a way as to create channels (tubes) that allow magma (molten rock) to rise to the surface. These volcanic zones are largely found in the "Ring of Fire" which surrounds the Pacific Plate, and in various mid-ocean sites where the Earth's crust is relatively thin. Kentucky sits atop a tectonically inactive region with a thick crust and well within the vast North American Plate. For a volcano to erupt there, the plate would have to undergo a fracture or some other disruption, a highly unlikely event at this point in geophysical history.
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Does Kentucky have volcanoes?
No
Are shield volcanoes and volcanoes the same?
Not necessarily. Shield volcanoes are volcanoes, but not all volcanoes are shield volcanoes.
What type of vocanoes are there?
composite volcanoes shield volcanoes cinder cone volcanoes spatter cone volcanoes complex volcanoes
What are three types of volcanoes?
Three types of volcanoes are Cinder Cone Volcanoes, Shield Volcanoes and Composite Volcanoes.
What 2 types of volcanoes are there?
There are three. From smallest to largest, they are: Cinder Cones, Composite Volcanoes (also called Strata Volcanoes), and then Shield Volcanoes.
Does Kentucky have volcanoes?
No
Are shield volcanoes and volcanoes the same?
Not necessarily. Shield volcanoes are volcanoes, but not all volcanoes are shield volcanoes.
What are three types volcanoes?
Three types of volcanoes are Cinder Cone Volcanoes, Shield Volcanoes and Composite Volcanoes.
What type of vocanoes are there?
composite volcanoes shield volcanoes cinder cone volcanoes spatter cone volcanoes complex volcanoes
What are the two type of volcanoes?
there are three and they are Active Volcanoes, Dormant Volcanoes, and Extinct Volcanoes.
Do volcanoes need lava to be known as actual volcanoes?
No, volcanoes do not need lava to be volcanoes.
What are three types of volcanoes?
Three types of volcanoes are Cinder Cone Volcanoes, Shield Volcanoes and Composite Volcanoes.
What 2 types of volcanoes are there?
There are three. From smallest to largest, they are: Cinder Cones, Composite Volcanoes (also called Strata Volcanoes), and then Shield Volcanoes.
Are there any kind of volcanos?
There are three different types of volcanoes. The types of volcanoes are shield volcanoes, dome volcanoes, and also composite volcanoes.
What is the difference between Compare volcanoes that form on land with volcanoes that form in the ocean.?
Land Volcanoes eat lamas and underwater volcanoes eat camals
What do volcanoes have?
Volcanoes have magma.
What are the 3 common types of plutons?
Cinder volcanoes, composite volcanoes, frision volcanoes, and cinder cone volcanoes.
