These volcanoes are believed to be above local 'hot spots' on the surface. Hawaii would be the prime example.
Most volcanoes occur above the subduction zones at a merging plate boundary.
But volcanoes also appear directly at the expanding junction of a pair of plates. Iceland, and some of the South Atlantic islands are examples of this.
Volcanoes appear most frequently along the boundaries of tectonic plates, such as the Pacific Ring of Fire, where many active volcanoes are found. These regions experience high levels of seismic and volcanic activity due to the movement and interactions of Earth's tectonic plates.
no
Volcanoes found along continental margins are typically stratovolcanoes or composite volcanoes. These volcanoes are characterized by their steep-sided appearance due to alternating layers of lava flows, ash, and volcanic rocks. They are formed where tectonic plates converge and one plate is forced beneath the other in a process known as subduction.
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Edges of tectonic plates
Volcanoes appear most frequently along the boundaries of tectonic plates, such as the Pacific Ring of Fire, where many active volcanoes are found. These regions experience high levels of seismic and volcanic activity due to the movement and interactions of Earth's tectonic plates.
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Most volcanoes appear at the tectonic plate boundaries where friction between the plates and the mantle makes magma which then push through near the plate boundaries forming volcanoes.
No. About 10% of volcanoes on Earth form at hot spots away from late boundaries. Additionally, the planets Venus and Mars and Jupiter's moon Io have volcanoes but do not appear to have tectonic plates.
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Scientists observed that volcanoes and earthquakes occur at the edge of tectonic plates.
tectonic plates
Volcanoes are only found on the edge of tectonic plates & they can also be found on cracks in the tectonic plates which is un-common
Volcanoes found along continental margins are typically stratovolcanoes or composite volcanoes. These volcanoes are characterized by their steep-sided appearance due to alternating layers of lava flows, ash, and volcanic rocks. They are formed where tectonic plates converge and one plate is forced beneath the other in a process known as subduction.
Volcanoes usually form where tectonic plates meet.
the tectonic plates shake under the earth causing earthquakes
Over tectonic plates.