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Why do volcanoes tend to be more explosive at convergent boundaries than at divergent boundaries?
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∙ 10y ago
The large stratovolcanoes of the Cascades and the Andes are magnificent pieces of geologic architecture when it comes to strength of a mountain. So immense pressures can build. Therefore, when the mountain finally does erupt, it will be (again, not 100% always, but "pretty much") highly explosive, and very dangerous, not just from the blast, but also from pyroclastic flows of water, lava, and various superheated debris.
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∙ 13y agoat a convergent boundary, one of the plates is forced underneath the other one. The plate that is forced down sinks into the mantle, and gets heated rapidly and melts. This new hot liquid rock then rises to the surface due to convection currents and causes magma pockets, which in turn create volcanoes
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Is forming underwater mountains and volcanoes convergent divergent or transform?
Underwater volcanoes and mountains can form at both convergent and divergent boundaries.
Are volcanoes more common along a convergent or divergent boundary?
Volcanoes are more common along convergent boundaries
Is Mount Vesuvius near a hot spot divergent or convergent plate boundary?
Vesuvius is associated with a convergent boundary between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate.
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.
At which type of plate boundary does rift-volcanism occur?
Volcanoes can be formed on both convergent and divergent boundaries.
What are produced at convergent and divergent boundaries?
Volcanoes and earthquakes
Is forming underwater mountains and volcanoes convergent divergent or transform?
Underwater volcanoes and mountains can form at both convergent and divergent boundaries.
Are volcanoes more common along a convergent or divergent boundary?
Volcanoes are more common along convergent boundaries
Is Mount Vesuvius near a hot spot divergent or convergent plate boundary?
Vesuvius is associated with a convergent boundary between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate.
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.
At which type of plate boundary does rift-volcanism occur?
Volcanoes can be formed on both convergent and divergent boundaries.
What is the similarities between convergent divergent and transform boundaries?
they both form volcanoes and earthquakes
What kind of boundaries can cause earthquakes and volcanoes?
Earthquakes can occur at any type of plate boundary, but the most powerful earthquakes tend to occur at convergent boundaries and at transform boundaries.
What boundaries are the 3 types of volcanoes located on?
Divergent and convergent plate boundaries. You can look up more info on google.
Is a volcano a convergent boundary?
No. A volcano is not a plate boundary. Most volcanoes on land are associated with convergent boundaries, but many are associated with divergent boundaries and others with hot spots.
What boundary is it when a volcano formed?
Volcanoes can form at convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and at hot spots away from any plate boundary.
What type of plate boundary causes volcanic eruptions?
There are two plate boundaries that cause volcanoes. They are the divergent and convergent plate boundaries.
