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Mount Shasta is inside the western end of the North American continental plate, west of it under the Pacific Ocean the Pacific oceanic plate is subducting under the North American continental plate. Deep under the North American continental plate friction with the descending Pacific oceanic plate, melts rock in the contact zone which feeds the magma supply of Mount Shasta. As the magma surfaces trapped ocean water flashes to steam producing explosive lava.
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What type of volcano is Mount Shasta?
mount shasta is a stratovolcano
Witch type of volcano is Mount shasta?
Mount Shasta is a composite volcano, (also called a stratovolcano).
What type of cone does mount shasta have?
Mount Shasta is a stratovolcano, which is a type of volcano characterized by a steep-sided cone shape and explosive eruptions due to volatile-rich magma.
What kind of lava does Mount Shasta have?
Mount Shasta primarily produces andesitic lava, which is a type of intermediate lava characterized by a medium viscosity and silica content. This type of lava typically results in eruptions that produce a combination of lava flows and explosive eruptions.
What type of magma does mount shasta have?
Mount Shasta typically has andesitic magma, which is a type of intermediate magma that is common in subduction zone environments. This type of magma is rich in silica and forms from the partial melting of both oceanic and continental crust.
What is mt Shasta?
Shasta is a dormant volcano in Northern CA. In the area there is also hot springs and mud pots. The last eruption was in the early 1920's.
What type of plate movement is mount erebus?
The Antarctic Plate.
On which type of boundary did mount etna happen?
mount etna is on asubduction plate boundary under the african and eurasian plate
What type of plate boundary is mount merapi near?
Mount Merapi is near a convergent plate boundary where the Indo-Australian Plate subducts beneath the Eurasian Plate.
What is type of fault is in Mount Kilimanjaro?
Divergent plate boundary.
What type of plate boundary is Mount St. Helens?
subduction
Is mount adatara a plate boundary or a hotspot?
Mount Adatara is associated with a convergent plate boundary, as are all of Japan's volcanoes.
