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Phantasy [73]
3 years ago
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Describe 3 types of plate boundaries where volcanic eruptions can occur.

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Artemon [7]3 years ago
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Recall that there are three types of plate boundaries: convergent, divergent, and transform. Volcanism occurs at convergent boundaries (subduction zones) and at divergent boundaries (mid-ocean ridges, continental rifts), but not commonly at transform boundaries.

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