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A subduction zone is where one plate (usually the ocean plate) dives under another (continental) plate. Friction causes earthquakes along it and melts the rock. The molten rock may have enough pressure to break the surface to form volcanoes.
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What is the zones places where the seafloor is forced under continents to drift?
Subduction zones are where the seafloor is forced under continental plates.
What does the subduction look like?
Subduction can be defined as the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earthÕs crust into the mantle beneath another plate. Regions where this process occurs are known as subduction zones. .
Where are the most explosive volcanoes subduction zones or rift zones?
Explosive volcanoes are most common at subduction zones.
Is Shield volcanoes found along subduction zones?
Cone volcanoes which are likely to erupt explosively are found at subduction zones. Spreading zones (constructive plate boundaries) and hot spots produce quieter volcanoes because their lava is thinner. The ones at hot spots are shield volcanoes.
Where is lithosphere recycled?
At the subduction zones.
What occurs at subduction zones?
Trenches
Areas where earthquake occurs?
subduction zones
What events commonly occurs at subduction zones?
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
What is the zones places where the seafloor is forced under continents to drift?
Subduction zones are where the seafloor is forced under continental plates.
The deepest earthquakes occur were?
In Subduction zones.
What does the subduction look like?
Subduction can be defined as the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earthÕs crust into the mantle beneath another plate. Regions where this process occurs are known as subduction zones. .
Where are the most explosive volcanoes subduction zones or rift zones?
Explosive volcanoes are most common at subduction zones.
Subduction occurs when?
It can occur in a subduction zone.
Would the most violent earth quacks be associated with spreading centers or subduction zones?
subduction zones
What deep ocean feature form at subduction zones?
Trenches are deep ocean features of subduction zones.
Is Shield volcanoes found along subduction zones?
Cone volcanoes which are likely to erupt explosively are found at subduction zones. Spreading zones (constructive plate boundaries) and hot spots produce quieter volcanoes because their lava is thinner. The ones at hot spots are shield volcanoes.
Do Hotspot volcanoes occur along subduction zones.?
No, hotspot volcanoes do not occur along subduction zones. They occur when plates pass over mantle hot spots.
