0
Why there are active volcanoes along convergent plate boundaries?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
A divergent plate boundary is a weakness in the crust where two plates are moving apart. Pressure along with the thinness of the crust causes molten material to form and rise to the surface.
At a subduction zone at certain types of convergent plate boundaries, water entrenched crust partially melts as in dives into the mantle, resulting in rising blobs and intrusions of melted rock into the crust. If they reach the surface, they result in volcanism.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoAt a divergent boundary, the plates move from each other. This leaves a gap between the edge of one plate and the edge of an other. This gap needs to be filled with rock, and the only way new rock can be created is from below. Magma from the mantle flows into the gap, and solidifies to form new rock. This process is vulcanism.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoIn many convergent plate boundaries a process called subduction occurs where one plate sinks under another. The subducting plate, which is always oceanic, carries water with it. This water lowers the melting point of the rock in the mantle, causing some of it to melt. The resulting magma can then rise to the surface to produce volcanoes.
Wiki User
∙ 8y agoAs plates move away from one another normal faults will develop. Earthquakes occur when blocks of rock slip along these faults. Uneven spreading rates and simple matters of geometry result in transform faults along divergent boundaries as well, which may also cause earthquakes. The crust at a divergent boundary is thin, which reduces pressure on the upper mantle and lowers melting temperatures, allowing some melting of upper mantle rock. The resulting magma then rises toward the surface and forms volcanoes. Volcanoes can, in turn, cause earthquakes.
Wiki User
∙ 12y agobecause it is hotter in plate boundaries.That s why volcanoes erupt there.
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoNo,beacuse divergent boundary means that the plates are moving away from each other.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Are volcanoes more common along a convergent or divergent boundary?
Volcanoes are more common along convergent boundaries
What volcano is formed along colliding boundaries?
Most of the volcanoes at convergent boundaries are stratovolcanoes.
Volcanoes that form along convergent plate boundaries are located?
at the edge of plate collisions
If composite volcanoes often form along convergent boundaries which plate should be surrounded by the most composite volcanoes?
pacific
Do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur within plates or along the boundaries of plates?
Earthquakes and volcanoes occur mostly near the convergent plate boundary.
Are volcanoes more common along a convergent or divergent boundary?
Volcanoes are more common along convergent boundaries
What volcano is formed along colliding boundaries?
Most of the volcanoes at convergent boundaries are stratovolcanoes.
Volcanoes that form along convergent plate boundaries are located?
at the edge of plate collisions
If composite volcanoes often form along convergent boundaries which plate should be surrounded by the most composite volcanoes?
pacific
Do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur within plates or along the boundaries of plates?
Earthquakes and volcanoes occur mostly near the convergent plate boundary.
How are volcanoes related to earth?
Volcanoes are found at Convergent and Divergent plate boundaries, where Plate Tectonics is most active. Magma is produced along plate boundaries, like the Ring of Fire around the Pacific Plate, forming volcanoes.
How volcanes distributed?
Volcanoes form along convergent boundaries known as subduction zones. Convergent boundaries form where oceanic lithosphere descends beneath continental crust. When the two plates collide convergence occurs, while volcanoes form along the zone.
How does a volcano erupt at a convergent boundary?
As an oceanic plate sinks into the mantle at a convergent boundary it causes rocks to melt. Some of the newly formed magma will migrate upward to volcanoes, that have formed along the convergent boundaries, and erupt.
What is the relationship between the location of volcanoes and the earth's tectonic plates?
The locations of volcanoes related to plate boundaries are most volcanoes are located at either divergent or convergent plate boundaries, where plate motions provide the mechanisms to form magma. suck dicl
Why is it some areas along where two plate boundaries meet there are volcanos and in some areas there are none?
There are three types of boundaries: 1. Convergent 2. Divergent 3. Transform There are two types of plates: 1. Continental 2. Oceanic Volcanoes only form along convergent and divergent plate boundaries. To be exact, they only form along continental-oceanic convergent boundary, as well as oceanic-oceanic and continental-continental boundaries. At convergent boundaries, volcanoes are formed because of melting crust of the subduction plate (the oceanic plate subducting under the continental plate). They then seep out of the ground as subduction volcanoes. At divergent boundaries, volcanoes are formed because magma rise to the surface to fill the gap where the plates move apart. A third type of volcano that can form is a hotspot volcano. There exists a spot in the ground where magma is continuously rising. However, plates move so as the plates move, the volcanoes move with them. Hence, new volcanoes are formed and this creates a chain of volcanoes, such as Hawaii. Hope this helps! Sharon, 12th grade Geography student
The Ring of Fire is located along what type of plate boundaries?
Convergent plate boundaries.
Major mountain belts are located along what plate boundaries?
Convergent Plate Boundaries
