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.
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Mount St. Helens is a volcano that is located in the state of Washington. Mount St. Helens is located on the Juan de Fuca plate.
Mount St Helens is on a convergent plate boundary.
Everything on Earth is on a tectonic plate, even if it is near a plate boundary. Like most volcanoes, Mount Saint Helens is near a plate boundary.
Mount St. Helens lies near a subduction zone, which is a type of convergent boundary. The Juan de Fuca Pate is subducting under the North American Plate.
It formed on a convergent plate boundary.
mt st helen plate boundery or hot spot
It was a destructive plate boundary
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.
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.
It is not on a plate boundary. Therefore it may be on hotspot.
Mount Rainier, Washington, isn't located on a divergent plate boundary but a convergent one. The Juan de Fuca Plate off the coast is pushing under the northern US and Canada, creating volcanism (such as Mt St Helens).
eruasion plate
Yes. Mount St Helens is near the boundary between the North American Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate.
Mount St Helens is on a convergent plate boundary.
subduction
Convergent
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.
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.
It is not on a plate boundary. Therefore it may be on hotspot.
Destructive plate margins, we know this because it erupts rarely yet violently and earthquakes can happen there too.
Mount Rainier, Washington, isn't located on a divergent plate boundary but a convergent one. The Juan de Fuca Plate off the coast is pushing under the northern US and Canada, creating volcanism (such as Mt St Helens).
No. Kilauea is not associated with a plate boundary. It is caused by a hot spot.
the plate boundary at the mount is a colliding plate boundary
eruasion plate