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Because the Pacific Ocean tectonic plate is still spreading from the East Pacific Oceanic ridge while being subducted underneath at least 6 major and minor
tectonic plates
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North American
, South American, Indian-Australian, Indonesian, Caribbean, and Antarctic. Subduction produces vulcanism when subducted basaltic oceanic crust melts at 700 km or more in the mantle and the magma rises because of density differences to be erupted in volcanoes creating volcanic arcs in either the ocean, like Japan and the
Philippine Islands
and Indonesia and New Zealand, or on land, like the Andes and the Cascade and Olympic mountain. The San Andreas and associated fault systems are a transform fault system that form part of the Ring of Fire system East Pacific Rise spreading system.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoMany volcanoes form along the edge of the pacific plate because it is a subduction zone, more dense oceanic crust sinks beneath continental crust. This occurence allow sl volcanoes to form here.
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∙ 13y agoAround the Ring of Fire, the Pacific Plate is colliding with and sliding underneath other plates. There is a tremendous amount of energy created by these plates and they easily melt rock into magma, which rises to the surface as lava and forms volcanoes.
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∙ 10y agoWhy not? There are volcanoes all around the world. The Pacific is HUGE; it would be amazing if there weren't several volcanoes around and in the Pacific.
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∙ 15y agothere's 452 volcanoes
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Where are most valcanos located?
Most volcanoes are located either on a plate boundary or a hot spot.
How many volcanoes are in the ocean?
There are actually around 750 in each ocean, but even more of volcanoes in the Pacific ocean, which is known as the biggest ocean.
Where do volcanoes occur the most?
The most volcanoes occur around the Pacific Ocean, in an area called the Ring of Fire.
What is the ring of fire a major belt of?
Volcanoes in the Pacific ocean
The system of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific ocean?
the ring of fire
Japan is located in an area with active volcanoes and earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean known as the?
The Pacific ring of fire.
What ocean has a ring of volcanoes and earthquakes around it?
Pacific Ocean
Which ocean has a ring of volcanoes on the land surrounding it?
The Pacific Ocean has a ring of volcanoes known as the Ring of Fire. This area is located in the Pacific Ocean basin and is characterized by frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity due to plate tectonics.
What ocean has volcanoes on its floor?
Pacific Ocean
Most of the earths volcanoes are located in a wide uneven loop around the pacific ocean what is the belt of volcanoes called?
The Ring of Fire
What ocean is japan located?
It is located in the Pacific Ocean.
Where are most valcanos located?
Most volcanoes are located either on a plate boundary or a hot spot.
Why are volcanoes are in the ocean?
Why not? There are volcanoes all around the world. The Pacific is HUGE; it would be amazing if there weren't several volcanoes around and in the Pacific.
The ring of fire surrounds which ocean?
The area encircling the Pacific Ocean is called the "Ring of Fire," because its edges mark a circle of high volcanic and seismic activity (earthquakes). Most of the active volcanoes on Earth are located on this circumference. On the periphery of the Pacific Ocean, the edge of the Pacific Continental Plate is expanding in the seabed, and is hitting the North American Plate, the Nazca Plate, the Eurasian Plate, and other plates, causing the margins of the plates to collide, buckle, and compress, causing earthquakes and volcanoes.
What ocean is Samoa located?
Samoa is located in South Pacific Ocean.
What ocean are the Hawaiian islands located in?
Pacific OceanHawaii is in the central Pacific.
Where is a pacific ocean ecosystem located?
it is located in the pacific ocean
