0
Don't know but I want to find out!
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Is mount Pinatubo on a constructive or destructive plate boundary?
Mount Pinatubo is on a destructive plate boundary; it is above a subduction zone
What are the names of the plates surrounding mount Pinatubo?
The Philippine plate slid under the Eurasian plate.
Is Pinatubo is along converging plate boundaries?
Yes. Pinatubo and the other volcanoes of the Philippines are the result of he convergence between the Philippine Plate and the Eurasian plate.
What is the plate tectonic setting of Mount Pinatubo?
Mount Pinatubo is above a subduction zone from the philippine plate and the Eurasian Plate, The Philippine Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian plate because it is more dense.
What is the name of the plate that Mount Pinatubo rests on?
It rests on the Philippine plate
How did mount pinatubo occur?
Mount Pinatubo and the surrounding volcanoes of the volcanic arc rise up because of magma occlusion from the subduction plate boundary.
What two plates formed mount Pinatubo?
Mt. Pinatubo is in a subduction zone. subduction is when one tectonic plate slides under another. In the Mt. Pinatubo area the Eurasian Plate slides under the Philippine Sea Plate at the Manila Trench.
Is mount Pinatubo in Italy?
No. Mount Pinatubo is in the Philippines.
What tectonic plates is Mount Pinatubo on?
Convergent plate boundary, more specifically a subduction zone.
How far away is mount Pinatubo from Manila?
Mount Pinatubo is currently 1,485 m (4,872 ft). However before the 1991 eruption it was a lot higher at 1,745 m (5,725 ft)
What kind of volcano is Mount Pinatubo?
Mount Pinatubo is a stratovolcano
Is mount Pinatubo a fold mountain?
No. Mount Pinatubo is a volcano.
