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How do volcanic mountains form at locations that are not near plate boundaries?
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∙ 9y ago
They are explained as 'hot spots' in the Earth's mantle, such as Yellowstone and the Hawaiian Island Chain, where heat from the Earth's interior is rising in a suspected current to the always moving crust.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agovolcanoes can be found on places called hot spots. Hot spots are extremely hot places deep within earths mantle. the magma that forms at these spots slowly rises toward the surface because the magma is less dense than the surrounding material.
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∙ 9y agoVolcanic mountains can form in seemingly random spots when there is a break of some kind in the crust. A geodesic dome, for example, forms when magma pushes up from underneath.
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∙ 13y agoa hot spot is a volcanically active area that is located far from a tectonic plate boundary
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∙ 12y agoVolcanoes that form above hot spots may be located away from tectonic plate boundaries. A good example would be the volcanoes forming the Hawaiian Island chain.
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∙ 12y agocan somebody answer this
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∙ 10y agothe form because of hot spots
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What mountains are associated with divergent plate boundaries?
Volcanic Mountains are associated with divergent plates.
What type of plate boundary causes volcanic eruptions?
There are two plate boundaries that cause volcanoes. They are the divergent and convergent plate boundaries.
What is formed when plate boundaries collide?
Mountains.
What plate boundaries make mountains?
convergent
What are mountains associated with convergent plate boundaries?
The mountains that are associated with convergent plate boundaries are mountain ranges or mountain belts. Examples of a mountain range is the Andes.
What mountains are associated with divergent plate boundaries?
Volcanic Mountains are associated with divergent plates.
What causes different kinds of volcanic mountains?
it can be caused by many things, such as hot spots, convergent plate boundaries, and divergent plate boundaries
What type of mountain ranges form at convergent plate boundaries?
Folded and volcanic mountains
What do folded mountains and volcanic mountain have in common?
Both were probably formed from convergent plate boundaries.
Where do volcanic mountains commonly form?
A. along convergent plat boundaries. B. At high elevations. C. Away from plate boundaries. D. Along divergent plate boundaries. YOU DECIDE!!!
What plate boundaries form mountains?
Mountains form at convergent plate boundaries.
What type of boundaries creates volcanic mountains?
Volcanic mountain ranges are formed from oceanic-continental convergent-subduction boundaries, much like with volcanic islands. When a plate is subducted, the crust forming this plate is heated and melted creating magma which erupts from the crust and creates volcanic mountain ranges.
What is the connection between mountains and plate boundaries?
mountains are usually formed on plate boundaries because earthquakes happen at plate boundaries. earthquakes can form mountains.
The volcanic landforms at divergent ocean plate boundaries are .?
The volcanic landforms at divergent ocean plate boundaries are oceanic ridges.
What type of boundaries creates mountains?
Volcanic mountain ranges are formed from oceanic-continental convergent-subduction boundaries, much like with volcanic islands. When a plate is subducted, the crust forming this plate is heated and melted creating magma which erupts from the crust and creates volcanic mountain ranges.
What three types of plate boundaries where volcanic eruptions can occur?
a) Divergent Plate Boundaries: Divergent plate boundaries are locations where plates are moving away from one another. This occurs above rising convection currents. b) Convergent Plate Boundaries: Convergent plate boundaries are locations where lithospheric plates are moving towards one another. The plate collisions that occur in these areas can produce earthquakes, volcanic activity and crustal deformation. c) Transform Boundary: Transform Plate Boundaries are locations where two plates slide past one another. The fracture zone that forms a transform plate boundary is known as a transform fault. Most transform faults are found in the ocean basin and connect offsets in the mid-ocean ridges.
What are the volcanic landforms at divergent ocean plate boundaries called?
The volcanic landforms at divergent ocean plate boundaries are oceanic ridges.
