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When a huge piece of crust diverges (pulls apart), the crust becomes fractured and magma spills out on the surface.
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What is an example of a volcano on a diverging plate boundary?
The Bárðarbunga volcano in Iceland (currently erupting) is an example. A diverging plate boundary passes through the island of Iceland.
What else is a diverging plate called?
Accretion plate boundary
Do volcanoes that form at mid-ocean ridgeoccur at a diverging plate boundary?
A mid ocean ridge is a diverging plate boundary so the simple answer is yes.
What plate boundary is Falcon volcano on?
The Falcon Volcano on the Tonga Islands are in the Indo-Australian Plate- a convergent boundary.
What type of plate boundary is Hekla the volcano formed?
A diverging is the type of plate boundary that the Hekla volcano formed. Hekla last erupted in 2000. It is located in Iceland. ADDED. Also called a "constructive" plate boundary, because the upwelling magma adds rock to the edges of the two plates.
What type of plate boundary causes a trench to form?
A convergent plate boundary causes a trench to form. This occurs when two tectonic plates collide, with one plate sinking beneath the other due to its greater density. This process creates a deep trench in the Earth's crust.
Is the South American plate a diverging converging or transform boundary?
Transform
What plate boundary did the volcano eyjafjallajokull occur on?
Eyjafjallajokull volcano is located on the divergent boundary between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate in Iceland.
What plate boundary is eldfell on?
Eldfell is located on a divergent plate boundary, specifically along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on the island of Heimaey in Iceland.
What type of plate boundary is creating the Eldfell volcano?
convergent plate boundary
What type of plate boundary is villarrica on?
The Volcano Villarica is on a converging plate boundary.
What plate boundary is the villarrica volcano on?
The cotopaxi volcano sits on the pacific plate.
