How do convergent boundaries form volcanoes?
Convergent boundaries know as subduction zones create volcanos by forcing a plate under another plate melting the plate and creating the pressure that results in a volcano.
At the meeting point of the ocean and continental plates, the ocean sediments are forced beneath the continental plate, melt as they descend into the mantle, and condense into heated magma that pushes upward through the continental crustal plate in an attempt to expand.
Volcanoes formed by the converging plate boundaries around the Pacific Ocean basin are responsible for the so-called ring of fire. If there is enough melted magma and pressure, the liquid rock will rise to the surface and form a volcano.
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When one tectonic plate subducts beneath another, it melts and creates magma, which rises to the surface through cracks in the crust and causes volcanic activity. This process is known as convergent boundary formation, and it results in volcanoes.
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