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What can be produced at an ocean-continental convergent boundary?
Ocean-continental convergent boundaries can produce earthquakes and volcanic activity. As the ocean plates shift under each other they near their melting temperature and can form magma and solidify to form underwater mountain ranges.
What do scientists believe causes so many earthquakes in the middle of the Atlantic ocean?
scientists believe that the volcano and earthquakes activity in this area are due to the formation of new part of the Earth's crust along the ridge
What causes tsunami and earthquakes in Japan?
Earthquakes in Japan are caused by the movement of tectonic plates. A tsunami is a large ocean wave that is caused by sudden motion on the ocean floor which can be triggered by earthquakes.
Why do earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the ring of fire?
The volcanic eruptions are the cause of tectonic movement of the "plates" meaning that when the plates hit each other they cause the magma under the earth to rise and sometimes erupt causing ash and sometimes lava to leave the volcanic shell in an eruption
What ocean has a ring of volcanoes and earthquakes around it?
Pacific Ocean
What is the continental slope of the pacific ocean?
Volcanic activity, earthquakes, plate interactions
What is the name given to the baand of earthquakes and volcanic and activity arounnd the pacific ocean?
The Ring of Fire.
What is it called when water is produced in earthquakes?
A tsunami is a series of ocean waves generated by sudden displacements in the sea floor due to earthquakes, volcanic activity, or underwater explosions.
When oceanic plunges beneath continental crust volcanic activity and earthquakes may result in which region does this occur?
The continental margins of the Pacific Ocean
Was the Indian Ocean earthquake from an active dormant or extinct source?
Large earthquakes are not caused by volcanic activity - it can be the other way around, when nearby earthquakes trigger eruptions by destabilizing the magma structures.
Characterize the countries in the ring of fire?
The ring of fire are the countries surrounding the area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where there is a large number of earthquakes and volcanic activity.
What is the name for the region of volcanic activity in the Atlantic ocean?
The Mid Atlantic-Rift is the name for the region of volcanic activity in the Atlantic ocean.
Has an earthquake ever caused a tsunami?
Earthquakes can cause tsunamis, along with landslides and volcanic activity in the sea. Practically any disturbance in the ocean can cause a tsunami, and most major tsunamis are caused by earthquakes.
Is the ring of fire a composite volcano?
No. The ring of fire is not a volcano. It is the area around the edge of the Pacific Ocean that experiences unusually high volcanic activity.
What can be produced at an ocean continental convergence?
Ocean-continental convergent boundaries can produce earthquakes and volcanic activity. As the ocean plates shift under each other they near their melting temperature and can form magma and solidify to form underwater mountain ranges.
Why the pacific ocean has so many trenches and Atlantic ocean does not?
more volcanic activity
What can be produced at an ocean-continental convergent boundary?
Ocean-continental convergent boundaries can produce earthquakes and volcanic activity. As the ocean plates shift under each other they near their melting temperature and can form magma and solidify to form underwater mountain ranges.
