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Volcanoes usually occur along what plate boundaries?

transform and divergent


Where are earhthquakes most likely to occur?

On tectonic plate boundaries. The transform boundaries. :P


Is an earthquakes a convergent or transform?

An earthquake can occur at divergent, convergent, or transform plate boundaries. However, transform boundaries are most commonly associated with earthquakes due to the intense stress caused by the plates sliding past each other.


Do divergent boundaries have earthquakes?

Earthquakes can, and do, occur at divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries.


How do people feel when a transform plate boundaries happen?

When transform plate boundaries occur, people usually do not feel anything directly. These boundaries are characterized by horizontal slippage of the Earth's crust, which does not typically generate the high-impact seismic events associated with other types of plate boundaries like earthquakes at subduction zones or mid-ocean ridges. However, if an earthquake does occur along a transform boundary, people in nearby areas may feel shaking.


Where do valcanos usually occur?

Volcanoes occur on tectonic plate boundaries


What geologic processes and or phenomena is not found at transform plate boundaries?

At transform plate boundaries, processes like subduction and seafloor spreading do not occur. Instead, these boundaries are characterized by the sliding past of two tectonic plates horizontally. There is no creation or destruction of crust at transform boundaries, only sideways movement.


What three types of plate boundaries where volcanic eruptions can occur?

a) Divergent Plate Boundaries: Divergent plate boundaries are locations where plates are moving away from one another. This occurs above rising convection currents. b) Convergent Plate Boundaries: Convergent plate boundaries are locations where lithospheric plates are moving towards one another. The plate collisions that occur in these areas can produce earthquakes, volcanic activity and crustal deformation. c) Transform Boundary: Transform Plate Boundaries are locations where two plates slide past one another. The fracture zone that forms a transform plate boundary is known as a transform fault. Most transform faults are found in the ocean basin and connect offsets in the mid-ocean ridges.


What type of plate boundarries found in andesitic valcano?

Plate boundaries are not found in volcanoes.Volcanoes occur along plate boundaries usually along convergent boundaries


What type of plate boundary do most earthquakes occur near to or along?

Most earthquakes occur along transform plate boundaries, where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally. These boundaries are known for their frequent seismic activity due to the release of built-up stress along fault lines.


Types of plate boundries?

The three main types of plate boundaries are divergent, convergent, and transform. Divergent boundaries occur where plates move apart, creating new crust. Convergent boundaries occur where plates collide and can result in subduction zones or mountain formation. Transform boundaries occur where plates slide past each other horizontally.


What types of boundaries are there?

There are divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries.