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the plate boundaries were Eurasian and African.

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Which tectonic plates made mt vesuvius erupt in ad79?

Mount Vesuvius is the result of the convergence of the African and Eurasian plates.


What plates caused mount vesuvius to form?

the african and european


How did Mount Vesuvius erupt in Pompeii 79AD?

the two plates


What happens when the plates form mount vesuvius?

Mount Vesuvius is located above a subduction zone formed where the African plate descends beneath Italy.


What are the plate tectonics under mount vesuvius but not the eurasian plate?

Mount Vesuvius is located on the African Plate. The African Plate is slowly moving northward towards the Eurasian Plate, causing the volcanic activity in the region. The movement of these plates creates the conditions that lead to volcanic eruptions like the one that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79.


What plates were involved in mount pelee?

convergent


What type of plate boundary is creating mount vesuvius?

Mount Vesuvius is located at a convergent plate boundary where the African Plate is subducting beneath the Eurasian Plate. This subduction leads to the build-up of pressure and the formation of magma that eventually erupts to create the volcano.


What volcano buried Italy?

a big volcano that errupted


How do you spell the volcano in Pompeii?

Mount Vesuvius (in Italian: Monte Vesuvio. in Latin: Mons Vesuvius).


Is mount vesuvius extinct?

Mount Vesuvius is dormant (sleeping), not extinct.


When mount vesuvius erupted?

There is no telling when Mount Vesuvius will erupt next.


Mt Vesuvius what two plates is it on?

Well, darling, Mount Vesuvius is located on the boundary where the African Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate. So, technically speaking, it's on the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. But let's be real, those plates are just playing a dangerous tectonic game of chicken under that fiery volcano.