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What type of plate caused the eruption of mount merapi in 2010?
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What tectonic plates is mount merapi on?
Mount. Merapi is on the Sunda Plate, which forms a convergent margin with the Indian-Australian Plate
What type of plate boundary is mount merapi near?
destructive plate boundary
What are the causes of a Merapi?
Because the two plates hit together and the hevier plate was pushed into the subduction zone which caused the continental plate to spew lava
What plate boundary caused the eruption of eyjafallajokull?
collision plate boundary because they make mountains
What plates were involved in the montserrat eruption?
African and eursion plate. they were involved in mount etnas eruption
What tectonic plates is mount merapi on?
Mount. Merapi is on the Sunda Plate, which forms a convergent margin with the Indian-Australian Plate
What plates caused the eruption of mount laki?
It is geographically on the European plate.
Which plate is mount merapi?
Mount Merapi is not a plate. However, it was formed by the convergence of a oceanic plate and a continental plate. The oceanic Indo-Australian plate subducted under the continetal Eurasian plate causing a line of volcanoes.
What type of plate boundary is mount merapi near?
destructive plate boundary
What boundary type is Mount Merapi?
destructive plate boundary
What two plates caused the eruption in Ecuador?
a desert plate and a dinner plate
What are the causes of a Merapi?
Because the two plates hit together and the hevier plate was pushed into the subduction zone which caused the continental plate to spew lava
What are facts about merapi?
Mt. Merapi is located in Indonesia, Asia. Latitude is 7.5333° S, and the longitude is 110.4333° E. Mt. Merapi is on the Northern hemisphere and is located on the Sudan Plate. Mt. Merapi is conical in shape. Mt. Merapi is the most active volcano in Indonesia. There is smoke coming out of Mt. Merapi 360 days a year. The name Merapi means Fire Mountain. On May 27 2006 Mt. Merapi erupted and killed 5,000 people and leaving 200,000 homeless. In 2010 500 hundred of people that didn’t evacuate lived 353 died. The eruption lasted for and entire week. In 1930 1,369 deaths. An eruption occurs every 1-5 years. Merapi has been active for over 10,000 years. In 1883 Mt. Merapi killed the most people it every has: 36,000 people. It has been said that the noise of the eruption can be heard in Australia.
Why did Mount Pinatubo erupt?
This eruption was caused because the Philippine plate subducted the Eurasian plate causing heat to build under Mount Pinatubo, this heat risen rapidly and the volcanic eruption occurred.Also, the volcano is in the Philipines and composite
What plate boundary caused the eruption of eyjafallajokull?
collision plate boundary because they make mountains
What plates were involved in the montserrat eruption?
African and eursion plate. they were involved in mount etnas eruption
What kind of lava does Mount Shasta have?
What type of eruption does Mt. Shasta have?a composite eruption which is a quiet eruption
