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Volcanoes are able to form in several different plate-tectonic settings?
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The type of tectonics where volcanoes occur are continental rift volcanism, hot spot, and continental volcanic arc. The other tectonics are subduction zones and rift valleys on a continental crust.
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∙ 9y agoVolcanoes are able to form in several different plate tectonic settings. They are generally found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging but can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the crust's interior plates.
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