Thursday, October 21, 2010

Volcano

Volcanic Mountains-formed when molten rock erupts and piles on surface. The rock can pile up on either the land or the ocean. Volcanos can be the result of many things, however most commonly they result from hot spots or subduction zones. Volcanoes can be near or far from plate boundaries.

EXAMPLES:

Avacha-near a convergent plate boundary, result of subduction














Fernandina-near a divergent plate boundary, result of hot spot

















Mauna Loa-not near any plate boundaries, result of hot spot


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