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Why do you find volcanoes at convergent and divergent boundaries but not at transform boundaries?
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Convergent and divergent boundaries melt rock in the upper mantle while transform boundaries do not. Convergent boundaries that involve at least one oceanic plate form subduction zones, where an oceanic plate plunges into the mantle. Volatiles carried into the mantle lower the melting point of the rock there, allowing magma to form.
At divergent boundaries the crust becomes thinner. This reduces pressure on the upper mantle, thus lowering melting points and generating magma.
Transform boundaries have no such means of producing magma.
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How do convergent and transform boundaries cause earthquakes?
It can cause earthquakes, volcanoes, oceanic trenches, mountains, tsunamis, and subduction.
Identify the type of plate boundary at which most volcanoes are found?
Convergent boundaries.If you are doing lots of research, it's technically also divergent boundaries. However, if you are answering a multiple choice or fill in the blank where you can only put in one thing, put in convergent boundaries.How do I know this?When I put divergent boundaries in for my answer on my science test, it said I was wrong. And transform boundaries is definitaly not the answer. :) And I've done lots of studying and research
Where do earthquakes and volcanos occur?
Volcanoes tend to form at convergent tectonic plate boundaries where subduction is occurring (such as the western coast of South America) and at divergent plate boundaries where two tectonic plates are moving apart (e.g. the Mid-Atlantic-Ridge and Iceland). Earthquakes also occur at convergent boundaries and in fact these tend to cause the strongest earthquakes. Earthquakes also occur at transform boundaries (such as the San Andreas fault) however these do not tend to cause the formation of volcanoes. So to find volcanoes and large earthquakes you should be looking at convergent plate boundaries where subduction is occurring.
Where are volcanoes that always have nonexplosive eruptions located?
They are located at divergent boundaries and hot spots.
What type of plate boundaries do stratovolcanoes occur?
At constructive plate margins (where two plate slide away from each other) or a destructive plate boundary (where two plates slide together), volcanoes do not occur at a conservative plate margin. Hope this helps
Is forming underwater mountains and volcanoes convergent divergent or transform?
Underwater volcanoes and mountains can form at 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.
How is divergent convergent and transform plate boundaries similar?
They are similar because they both form volcanoes and earthquakes.
What plate boundary can cause volcanoes?
What type of boundaries cause volcanoes? Divergent and transform fault boundaries cause volcanoes because they separate. Convergent boundaries cause earthquakes because they collide with other plates.
What are produced at convergent and divergent boundaries?
Volcanoes and earthquakes
Are volcanoes more common along a convergent or divergent boundary?
Volcanoes are more common along convergent boundaries
What is primary cause of volcanoes and earthquakes?
Convergent and transform boundaries
Volcanoes usually occur along what plate boundaries?
transform and divergent
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.
Is a volcanic island transform?
No. Volcanoes do not form at transform boundaries. Volcanic islands can form at convergent boundaries and at hot spots.
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.
