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What type of plate boundary caused Mount St Helens?
The cause of Mt. St. Helens' volcanism is due to the subduction melting of the Pacific Plate as it subducts under the North American Plate, located along a convergent plate boundary or fault. No, Mount Saint Helens is not on a hot spot, nor is it on a fault. Mount Saint Helens is part island arc volcanic chain (the Casade Mountaind) due to the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the North American Craton. NOTE: The Farallon Plate is no longer here; it ceased to exist with the end of the Laramide Orogeny some 30 million years ago. The remnants of the Farallon Plate are the Juan de Fuca Plate of British Columbia and northwestern Washington State, and the Cocos Plate of southwestern Mexico. Neither of these microplates has any effect on Mount Saint Helens, which is in southwestern Washington. I found this answer on answers.yahoo.com
What type of tectonic plates does mount st helens have?
On a continental plate. Mount Saint Helens is on a convergent plate boundary. The Juan de Fuca plate is being pushed under the North American Plate.
What plate boundary does the volcano Mount St Helen in the US sit on?
Mt. St. Helens is located on a convergent boundary between the Juan de Fuca and North American plates.Mount st. Helens is on a convergent boundary.
What divergent boundary convergent boundary or hot spot is Mount Fuji over?
It is not on a plate boundary. Therefore it may be on hotspot.
Is mount Vesuvius on a plate boundary?
eruasion plate
Is the volcano of mount st Helens wa along a fault or a plate boundary?
Yes. Mount St Helens is near the boundary between the North American Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate.
What type of plate boundary is Mount St. Helens?
subduction
Is mount st. Helen a boundary or a hot spot?
Mount St Helens is on a convergent plate boundary.
What type of plate boundary caused Mount St Helens?
The cause of Mt. St. Helens' volcanism is due to the subduction melting of the Pacific Plate as it subducts under the North American Plate, located along a convergent plate boundary or fault. No, Mount Saint Helens is not on a hot spot, nor is it on a fault. Mount Saint Helens is part island arc volcanic chain (the Casade Mountaind) due to the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the North American Craton. NOTE: The Farallon Plate is no longer here; it ceased to exist with the end of the Laramide Orogeny some 30 million years ago. The remnants of the Farallon Plate are the Juan de Fuca Plate of British Columbia and northwestern Washington State, and the Cocos Plate of southwestern Mexico. Neither of these microplates has any effect on Mount Saint Helens, which is in southwestern Washington. I found this answer on answers.yahoo.com
What plate boundary formed the land features of Mount Saint Helens?
Convergent
What type of tectonic plates does mount st helens have?
On a continental plate. Mount Saint Helens is on a convergent plate boundary. The Juan de Fuca plate is being pushed under the North American Plate.
What plate boundary does the volcano Mount St Helen in the US sit on?
Mt. St. Helens is located on a convergent boundary between the Juan de Fuca and North American plates.Mount st. Helens is on a convergent boundary.
What divergent boundary convergent boundary or hot spot is Mount Fuji over?
It is not on a plate boundary. Therefore it may be on hotspot.
What plate boundary does mount saint helens sit on?
Destructive plate margins, we know this because it erupts rarely yet violently and earthquakes can happen there too.
What is the plate boundary of mt.veniaminof of Alaska?
the plate boundary at the mount is a colliding plate boundary
Is mount Vesuvius on a plate boundary?
eruasion plate
What plates are used in mount st Helens?
Mount Saint Helens is a product of the Juan de Fuca Plate subducting under the North American Plate.
