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The Ring of Fire (Pacific Ring of Fire) is an area of Pacific Plate subduction, rimming (of course) the Pacific Ocean. The plate subduction creates a line of volcanism geographically around its perimeter that appears to form a circle or ring.
The Ring of Fire is the subducting plate boundary of the shrinking Pacific Ocean. The subducting oceanic crust is being drawn under less dense oceanic and continental crust and is melting into the upper mantle which can lead to volcanism and earthquakes.
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∙ 9y agoThe Ring of Fire is an area of the Pacific Ocean that has is home to most of the volcanoes in the world. The area has a very large number of earthquakes and eruptions and contains over 400 volcanoes.
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∙ 12y agoThe ring of fire is in the Pacific Ocean and its like an outlining of the ocean and the continents; it goes into Japan, Australia, California, Alaska, etc. There is high volcanic activity and earthquakes around the Ring Of Fire.
The ring of fire is caused by the fact that the Pacific ocean is being destroyed. The plate margins round the Pacific tectonic plate are all destructive margins (the continents are moving slowly to shrink the size of the Pacific). These destructive margins take sea floor material back into the earth where some of it melts to produce the ring of volcanoes.
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an area in the pacific ocean with abundant volcanic activity
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What is the title for the circle of volcanoes around pacific ocean?
I think it is called The Ring of Fire! I might be wrong bit that is what i think it is. :-/
Is Chile on the ring of fire?
yes chili is in the ring of fire
Is Mt Merapi on the ring of fire?
No. Mount Vesuvius is in the Mediterranean. The Ring of Fire borders the Pacific.
Is pacific ring of fire the same as ring of fire?
Geologically: Yes.
How do you use Ring of Fire in a sentence?
The ring of fire encircles the globe
What is the circle of volcanic mountains in the pacific ocean?
Nippon
What is ring or fire?
is a ring of fire
What is the title for the circle of volcanoes around pacific ocean?
I think it is called The Ring of Fire! I might be wrong bit that is what i think it is. :-/
What are the words to ring of fire?
Love is a burning thingAnd it makes a fiery ring.Bound by wild desireI fell into a ring of fire.[2x]I fell into a burning ring of fire,I went down, down, down and the flames went higherAnd it burns, burns, burns,The ring of fire, the ring of fire.The taste of love is sweetWhen hearts like ours meet.I fell for you like a child,Oh, but the fire went wild.I fell into a burning ring of fire,I went down, down, down and the flames went higherAnd it burns, burns, burns,The ring of fire, the ring of fire.I fell into a burning ring of fire,I went down, down, down as the flames went higherAnd it burns, burns, burns,The ring of fire, the ring of fire.And it burns, burns, burns,The ring of fire, the ring of fire,The ring of fire, the ring of fire.
What is a specific word for indonesia's ring of fire?
The Ring of Fire.
Is Chile on the ring of fire?
yes chili is in the ring of fire
Is Mt Merapi on the ring of fire?
No. Mount Vesuvius is in the Mediterranean. The Ring of Fire borders the Pacific.
Is Maryland in The Ring of Fire?
No, the Ring of Fire is around the Pacific Ocean
Is vesuvius on the ring of fire?
No. It is in Italy and the "ring of fire" is located in the Pacific.
Is pacific ring of fire the same as ring of fire?
Geologically: Yes.
Is mount pelee located on the ring of fire?
yes it is on the ring of fire
How do you use Ring of Fire in a sentence?
The ring of fire encircles the globe
