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Shield volcanoes are found along divergent plate boundaries where two plates pull apart and lava flows into the gap to form a volcano.
Shield volcanoes are also formed at hot spots. A hot spot is an area of persistent volcanic activity. Hot spots originate at unusually hot areas of the mantle-core boundary. Overlying mantle melts forming plumes of magma that rise and penetrate the crust forming volcanoes. Hawaii, Iceland, and Yellowstone are examples of hot spots. The trace of a hot spot appears as a chain, such as an island chain. As the overlying plate moves one volcano off the hot spot, another is formed. The Hawaiian Island Chain is an example.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoShield volcanoes can be found in any setting where magma can reach the surface, but most are found on oceanic plates. They are usually situated on hot spots, such as Kilauea, Mauna Loa, and Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Since hot spots are not associate with plate boundaries, plate boundaries would not be important when determing locations of shield volcanoes.
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∙ 13y agoI think they are formed on Convergent Boundaries
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What plate boundary is Falcon volcano on?
The Falcon Volcano on the Tonga Islands are in the Indo-Australian Plate- a convergent boundary.
What plate boundary is turrialba volcano on?
The convergent boundary?
What type of plate boundary is creating the Eldfell volcano?
convergent plate boundary
What plate boundary is the villarrica volcano on?
The cotopaxi volcano sits on the pacific plate.
What plate tectonic is kirishima volcano on?
Convergent plate boundary.(:
Why does a constructive plate boundary produce a shield shape and a destructive plate boundary produce a cone shape?
Its to do with the viscosity of the lava, the thicker (more viscous) the lava the slower and less far it will travel making a shield volcano. This happens on a constructive plate boundary. on a destructive plate boundary the lava is less viscous and runs further making a conical shaped volcano
What plate boundary is Falcon volcano on?
The Falcon Volcano on the Tonga Islands are in the Indo-Australian Plate- a convergent boundary.
What plate boundary is turrialba volcano on?
The convergent boundary?
What type of plate boundary is villarrica on?
The Volcano Villarica is on a converging plate boundary.
What type of plate boundary is creating the Eldfell volcano?
convergent plate boundary
What plate boundary is the villarrica volcano on?
The cotopaxi volcano sits on the pacific plate.
What type of volcano is mountain Eyjafjallajokull?
It is a shield volcano, as it occurs on a divergent pllate boundary (constructive boundary)
What plate boundary is reclus volcano located on?
I think the plate boundary is in the subduction zone.
What plate boundary did the volcano eyjafjallajokull occur on?
Transform Boundary
What plate tectonic is kirishima volcano on?
Convergent plate boundary.(:
Is the El chichon volcano located along colliding plate boundaries?
El Chinchon is not a shield volcano it is a lava dome volcano. Lava dome volcanoes have a layering of lava that fans up and outward in the center.
What is the plate boundary of hibok hibok volcano?
Its a convergent boundary. The pacific plate collides with the Philippines Oceanic plate
