where are stratovolcanoes commonly found what type of plate boundary are they near?
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Stratovolcanoes are most found commonly along subduction zones, which are boundaries between two tectonic plates where an oceanic plate is sinking into the mantle beneath another tectonic plate.
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The location where two plates meet is called a plate boundary. Plate boundaries are commonly associated with geological events such as earthquakes and the creation of topographic features such as mountains, volcanoes, mid-ocean ridges, and oceanic trenches.
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Volcanoes and earthquakes are most likely to form along plate boundaries.
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Mount Hood is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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Most divergent plate boundaries are underwater and form submarine mountain ranges called oceanic spreading ridges. While the process of forming these mountain ranges is volcanic, volcanoes and earthquakes along oceanic spreading ridges are not as violent as they are at convergent plate boundaries.
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There are 2 main types of subduction zones: Oceanic-oceanic plate boundaries: If the subducting plate subducts beneath an adjacent oceanic plate, an island arc is formed. Examples include the Aleutians, the Kuriles, Japan, and the Philippines, all located at the northern and western borders of the Pacific plate.
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Subduction zones exist at convergent plate boundaries where one plate of oceanic lithosphere converges with another plate. The descending slab, the subducting plate, is over-ridden by the leading edge of the other plate. The slab sinks at an angle of approximately twenty-five to forty-five degrees to Earth's surface.
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In subduction zones we see convergent plate boundaries where two plates are colliding with each other and one of the plates is subducting back into the Earth. This type of plate boundary is particularly effective for causing tsunamis. Figure 3: Tectonic overview of the Indian Ocean.
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Typically, a convergent plate boundary—such as the one between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate—forms towering mountain ranges, like the Himalaya, as Earth's crust is crumpled and pushed upward. In some cases, however, a convergent plate boundary can result in one tectonic plate diving underneath another.
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Tectonic Plate Boundaries The Pacific Plate (on the west) slides horizontally northwestward relative to the North American Plate (on the east), causing earthquakes along the San Andreas and associated faults. The San Andreas fault is a transform plate boundary, accomodating horizontal relative motions.
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Where do Earthquakes most likely occur? plate boundaries and areas where two plates meet at fault lines and at the "Ring of Fire."
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Most earthquakes occur along the edge of the oceanic and continental plates. The earth's crust (the outer layer of the planet) is made up of several pieces, called plates.
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Movement in narrow zones along plate boundaries causes most earthquakes. Most seismic activity occurs at three types of plate boundaries—divergent, convergent, and transform. As the plates move past each other, they sometimes get caught and pressure builds up.
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About 80% of earthquakes occur where plates are pushed together, called convergent boundaries. Another form of convergent boundary is a collision where two continental plates meet head-on.
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Earthquakes occur at plate boundaries when built up pressures in rocks suddenly release causing the plates to move along a fault line. A) Circum-Pacific belt-Encircles the outer rim of the Pacific Ocean. This area is the most active for earthquakes and volcanoes in the world.
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At X, the mid-ocean ridge occurs along a boundary between two oceanic plates. The plates are moving apart, causing molten material to repeatedly rise from the mantle, erupt, and harden as solid rock along the center of the ridge.
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Shield volcanoes. Shield volcanoes are found on divergent plate boundaries , where two plates move away from one another.