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When one oceanic plate is subduction beneath a second oceanic plate this string of volcanoes form?
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What is it called when two plates slide one under the other?
It is known as subduction.
Why are volcanoes forming?
Maybe similar to a mountain, when two plates (plates on earth, such as north american plate and Pacific plate) and creates a mountain, there is a hot spot (?) under that spot and the magma bursts out, that is the volcano. Volcanoes are formed when molten rock is heated and pushed upward through the crust. The pressure can force pressurized rock and gas up out of the surface, creating an eruption. There are 3 types of volcanoes and the are active,dormant,and extinct volcanoes. The most common type occur at the edges of tectonic plates, the crust beneath the oceans and the continents. When one plate is pushed beneath another, it is heated by the hot mantle, a fluid rock layer beneath the crust. The rock is forced upward through cracks to form volcanoes. In some cases, a solid rock chamber beneath a volcano may repeatedly fill with magma, then empty out in an eruption. The second type occurs on a "hotspot" in the middle of an oceanic plate, where the crust is heated from the mantle below and pushes upward to form a seafloor volcano. This is the process that created the long line of Hawaiian islands in the mid-Pacific, as the crust moved NW over the same hotspot over millions of years.
Where do gases or steam come out of a volcano?
Water vapor is a constant component of the volcanic emissions. This water vapor is believed to be from the early steam from the interior of the earth's mantle. Active volcanoes serve as an outlet for all the pent up vapor.
What do volcanism and mountain building receive energy from earths interior?
Volcanism is mountain building resulting primarily from heat. The uplift comes because heat from inside the earth heats the overlying lithosphere, causing it to expand, lifting and swelling the surface upward. Often associated with this are volcanoes that accumulate even higher on top of the swollen earth. These processes include hot spot and subduction volcanoes. . Subduction volcanoes are generated along subduction zones at convergent plate boundaries; they are cordilleran mountains. Second, is mechanical mountain building; that is, tension (pulling apart) and compression (squeezing together). The relief (differences in elevation) come primarily because different blocks of earth move relative to each other, either falling or rising vertically, or one block being shoved (thrust) horizontally over another.
When did Mount Vesuvius last erupt and what triggered it?
Mount Vesuvius last erupted in March 1944. The eruption was caused by gas-rich magma moving up from the magma chanber beneath the volcano and emerging explosively. More definitive causes are not know for two reasons. First, we did not know as much about volcanoes back then. Second, the people in the area at the time were more preoccupied with fighting World War II than with what was going on beneath a volcano.
Why are there earthquakes in Pakistan but no volcanoes?
There are two main tectonic settings in which volcanoes occur: at divergent boundaries, where two plates pull apart, and at subduction zones, where two plates collide and one plunges into the mantle. Subduction can only occur if one or both of the colliding plates consist of oceanic crust. In Pakistan two types of plate boundary. The first is a transform boundary, as the plates grind against each other without moving together or apart. The second, in northern Pakistan, is where India is colliding with the rest of Asia. The stress generated along these boundaries is enough to cause earthquakes, but there is no mechanism for creating volcanoes.
What is it called when two plates slide one under the other?
It is known as subduction.
Why are volcanoes forming?
Maybe similar to a mountain, when two plates (plates on earth, such as north american plate and Pacific plate) and creates a mountain, there is a hot spot (?) under that spot and the magma bursts out, that is the volcano. Volcanoes are formed when molten rock is heated and pushed upward through the crust. The pressure can force pressurized rock and gas up out of the surface, creating an eruption. There are 3 types of volcanoes and the are active,dormant,and extinct volcanoes. The most common type occur at the edges of tectonic plates, the crust beneath the oceans and the continents. When one plate is pushed beneath another, it is heated by the hot mantle, a fluid rock layer beneath the crust. The rock is forced upward through cracks to form volcanoes. In some cases, a solid rock chamber beneath a volcano may repeatedly fill with magma, then empty out in an eruption. The second type occurs on a "hotspot" in the middle of an oceanic plate, where the crust is heated from the mantle below and pushes upward to form a seafloor volcano. This is the process that created the long line of Hawaiian islands in the mid-Pacific, as the crust moved NW over the same hotspot over millions of years.
Where do gases or steam come out of a volcano?
Water vapor is a constant component of the volcanic emissions. This water vapor is believed to be from the early steam from the interior of the earth's mantle. Active volcanoes serve as an outlet for all the pent up vapor.
What do volcanism and mountain building receive energy from earths interior?
Volcanism is mountain building resulting primarily from heat. The uplift comes because heat from inside the earth heats the overlying lithosphere, causing it to expand, lifting and swelling the surface upward. Often associated with this are volcanoes that accumulate even higher on top of the swollen earth. These processes include hot spot and subduction volcanoes. . Subduction volcanoes are generated along subduction zones at convergent plate boundaries; they are cordilleran mountains. Second, is mechanical mountain building; that is, tension (pulling apart) and compression (squeezing together). The relief (differences in elevation) come primarily because different blocks of earth move relative to each other, either falling or rising vertically, or one block being shoved (thrust) horizontally over another.
Explain the difference between the volcanic activity that occurs at a hot spot and the volcanic activity that occurs at a subduction boundary between an oceanic plate and a continental plate?
the second one is a result of the oceanic plate being pushed into the magma while the ring of fire is like how those crusts are formed by the lava reaching the surface then creating a mountain like structure then another one is made and the first one is pushed aside and erodes. Hawaii an example of this
Where is the guy in slate port city that you need to deliever the packages?
In the Second floor of Oceanic Museum.
What are the two largest volcanoes in south America?
the largest volcano is acongua second largest...........
When did Mount Vesuvius last erupt and what triggered it?
Mount Vesuvius last erupted in March 1944. The eruption was caused by gas-rich magma moving up from the magma chanber beneath the volcano and emerging explosively. More definitive causes are not know for two reasons. First, we did not know as much about volcanoes back then. Second, the people in the area at the time were more preoccupied with fighting World War II than with what was going on beneath a volcano.
What was the second planet of the apes called?
The remake had the eponymous title of the first film : "Planet of the Apes". The second in the series was entitled "Beneath the Planet of the Apes".
Where is the mantle location?
Second layer, anywhere from 8-25 kilos beneath the outer layer crust.
How many volcanoes does Pluto have?
well first i dont think uranus has any volcanoes one it. and second if it did there would probably be a lot.
