Volcanoes

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    • Volcanoes
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    • Volcanoes
      • Mainly occur on or near plate boundaries
      • Don't occur at cenerate or callakon maghs as re new crust is kared at these margin
      • At coactive wri Magma rises to 1 the space lek by pla moving apart because fun the wounding crustal rock
      • If the margin is underwates these can form ocean ridges or lism of single vekanan form paralel to the plate boundary
      • If the margin is on land, rift valleys can be formed as the plates pull apart
      • Magma is also able to break through the surface bet create velcanoes
    • Volcanoes
      • Heimany-a volcanic island of the Icelandic mainland R's famed by the divergence of the North American and Eurasian plates
      • The subduction of the Nazca plate underneath the South Americas plate has formed the Andes mountain range, whe there are many volcanoes, including the active Nevado del Raiz
    • Volcanoes
      • Some are found in the middle of plates
      • The lenget incantation of valami fund and the elig of the Pace pits gringo dame the face Ring of Fire
    • Mantle plumes
      • Vertical columns of extremely hot magma that rise up from the mantle
      • Thought to be caused by radioactive decay in the asthenosphene
      • Melt and weaken the undemeath of the crust, creating a body of less dense magrea, which forces its way through to form volcanoes
    • Hotspot volcanoes
      • Volcanoes form above mande plames
      • The mantle plume nemaire stationary over time, but the crust moves above it
      • Progressively newer volcanoes are famed in new locations as the crust moves
      • A chain of volcanoes or a volcanic island are may form, e.g. the islands that make up Hawaii
    • Italy sits on a point where the Burion and the Alican plates are colding, resulting in Italy having active vekan
    • The Manaian island arc is caused by mantle planes
    • Mast volcanic eptions car rear contractive and deste plek tag
    • Example: The exp Ο Basa A 5 Ex B
    • The magma chamber is the location where molten rock accumulates.
    • Magma chambers are found beneath volcanic mountains, but they can also be located deep within the Earth's mantle or crust.
    • Volcanism occurs when magma rises to the surface through fissures (cracks) in the Earth's crust.
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