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What is the difference between volcanic island and limestone island?
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∙ 11y ago
volcanic islands have black sand beaches, have sulfur springs and have fertile soil, but limestone islands have white sand beaches, have little or no sulfur springs, and the soil is not as fertile as volcanic islands.
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Was Puerto Rico formed by a volcano?
Puerto Rico was formed by a series of volcanic eruptions. Much of the island of Puerto Rico is covered by limestone.
What process has formed many of the Caribbean island?
Lake titi caca ^For whoever put that, Lake Titicaca is in South America. Right between Peru and Bolivia, though mostly in Peru. The two types of islands that make up the Caribbean are Coral and Volcanic.
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What is white island nz made out of?
volcanic rock
Difference between island groups of bay of Bengal and Arabian sea?
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Is Bermuda a limestone island?
It is a limestone cap on the tip of a volcanic Seamount (underwater mountain).
Five5difference between volcanic and limestone island?
Volcanic islands have black sand beaches whilst Limestone (coral) islands have white sand beaches.Volcanic islands have fertile soil and in Limestone islands' is not as fertile as Volcanic islands.Volcanic islands tend to be tall whilst Limestone tend to be flat.Volcanic islands have many sulphur springs whilst Limestone islands have little or no sulpher springs.Limestone islands are formed from 'Secretions'of the sea and Volcanic islands are formed from igneous rock and lava.THANK YOUHOPE YOU LEARNED FROM IT!
What is the physical difference between a seamount and a volcanic island?
An pokes above the surface of the ocean. A seamount does not.
What is the volcanic island between Greenland and Europe?
Iceland is volcanic and is in between Greenland and Europe.
What is the difference between volcanic island and volcanic arc?
Volcanic arcs form at plate subduction zones. Island arcs are volcanic islands that form over "hot spots" in the Earth's mantle. Because the islands are moving with the oceanic plate, they eventually are removed from the hot spot, forming a chain of islands in the direction of the plate movement.
What is a limestone island?
island that are made up of limestone
Was Puerto Rico formed by a volcano?
Puerto Rico was formed by a series of volcanic eruptions. Much of the island of Puerto Rico is covered by limestone.
What is the name of the volcanic island between Greenland and Europe?
Iceland
What are the types of island formation are in the Caribbean?
Some of the types of island formation in the Caribbean include volcanic islands formed by volcanic activity, limestone islands formed by the uplift of coral reefs and sedimentary rocks, and continental islands that were once connected to mainland South America but separated due to tectonic movements.
How limestone island formed?
limestone island is for by the accumulation of dead sea creatures
Is a volcanic arc the same thing as a volcanic mountain range?
Volcanic arcs are usually island arcs off the coast of a continent, while volcanic mountain ranges are usually inland inside a continent. But the volcanoes of a volcanic island arc do form an undersea volcanic mountain range. So to some extent the difference is mostly a matter of terminology.
Is Fiji a coral island or volcanic island?
Mostly volcanic.
