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Volcanoes are generally found where two or more tectonic plates diverge or converge. The mid-oceanic ridges, like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, are typical examples of divergent tectonic plates where volcanoes are formed, whereas the Pacific Ring of Fire is a typical example of volcanic activity on convergent tectonic plates. Where two tectonic plates slide past one another (like the San Andreas fault) volcanic activity is generally not found.
Volcanic activity can also occur due to mantle plumes, the so-called hotspots, which occur at locations far from plate boundaries; hotspot volcanoes are also found elsewhere in the solar system, especially on its rocky planets and moons.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoVolcanoes form because when the magma flows up through cracks inside of the earth's mantle then the volcano is formed.
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What is the difference between Compare volcanoes that form on land with volcanoes that form in the ocean.?
Land Volcanoes eat lamas and underwater volcanoes eat camals
Where do large number of volcanoes form?
Volcanoes Form at Active Subduction Zones or in the ring of fire
What kind of plates cause volcanoes?
Plates do not cause volcanoes. Volcanoes generally form at the boundaries between plates. They form at convergent and divergent boundaries.
Where does cinder cone volcanoes form?
cinder cone volcanoes usually form around lithospheric plate boundaries.
How do divergent boundaries form volcanoes?
no yes and symp
How do volcanoes form in the ring of fire?
Volcanoes can form from other other volcanoes in the ring of fire
Where do volcanoes mostly form?
Volcanoes usually form where tectonic plates meet.
What is the difference between Compare volcanoes that form on land with volcanoes that form in the ocean.?
Land Volcanoes eat lamas and underwater volcanoes eat camals
What kind of volcanoes form mountains?
shield volcanoes
What volcanoes form at spreading zones?
composite volcanoes
Where do large number of volcanoes form?
Volcanoes Form at Active Subduction Zones or in the ring of fire
What kind of plates cause volcanoes?
Plates do not cause volcanoes. Volcanoes generally form at the boundaries between plates. They form at convergent and divergent boundaries.
How does volcanoes and earth form?
they form differntly
What are 2 ways to write the the plural form of volcano?
The two ways to write the plural form of "volcano" are "volcanoes" and "volcanos". The most common and accepted plural form is "volcanoes".
What type of rocks are formed in volcanoes?
Volcanoes form igneous rock.
What types of volcanoes form at mid-ocean ridges?
Rift volcanoes.
What do volcanoes form?
Mountains
