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Was Mount Tambora formed by a convergent plate boundary or a divergent plate boundary?
It was formed from the volcanism created by a subducting oceanic plate at a convergent plate boundary.
How was mount Cleveland formed?
Mount Cleveland was formed by the movement of the Pacific and North American plate-tectonic plate- - Bella McCauley
How was India formed by plate tectonics?
India has it's own tectonic plate. It is not tectonically connected to the Eurasian plate. When the India plate crashed into the Eurasian plate, this formed the Himalayan Mountains. India is still moving closer to into the Eurasian plate today, and this is how the Himalayas are still growing.
What type of volcano is formed at a weak spot in the middle of a plate?
Shield volcanoes are often formed over hotspots that are independent of plate boundaries... thus, at a weak spot that could be in the middle of a plate.
What is formed when plate boundaries collide?
Mountains.
What is an accretionary wedge?
An accretionary wedge is the accumulation of sediment formed by an oceanic plate and a tectonic plate, as it is scraped from the top of the oceanic plate.
What is an accretionary prism?
An accretionary prism is an alternative name for an accretionary wedge, the accumulation of sediment formed by an oceanic plate and a tectonic plate, as it is scraped from the top of the oceanic plate.
What are mountains formed by the collision of the indo Australian plate and the Eurasian plate?
The Himalayas formed :]
Was Mount Tambora formed by a convergent plate boundary or a divergent plate boundary?
It was formed from the volcanism created by a subducting oceanic plate at a convergent plate boundary.
Why were the alps formed?
They were formed when the African Plate and the Eurasian plate collided. The crust buckeld and thickend creating the mountains. They were formed when the African Plate and the Eurasian plate collided. The crust buckeld and thickend creating the mountains.
What is formed when a dense ocean plate slides beneath a continental plate?
A subduction zone is formed.
How was the japan trench formed?
It was formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the north American plate.
What formed the Himalaya?
The Himalayas were formed by the collision of the Eurasian plate (continental) and the Indo-Australian plate (continental).
What formed the mariana islands?
The Mariana's Islands were formed because as the plate went down, it took water with it. The water boiled and bubbled up and made the magma shoot up to the top.
What plate formed mtfuji?
Mount Fuji, which is found in Japan is a type of island-arc volcano. It was formed by three plates, the Philippine plate, Eurasian plate and Okhotsk plate.
how much for a top plate?
how much does a top plate cost
What is the difference between hotspot volcanoes and volcanoes formed at plate boundaries?
hotspot volcanoes are formed away from the edge of plate boundaries. Plate boundary volcanoes are near a plate boundary
