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mr Goodwill [35]
4 years ago
7

The "ring of fire" is a volcanic island arc extending from the southwestern pacific through indonesia. the island arc formed as

a result of ________ collision. oceanic plate-oceanic plat
Geography
2 answers:
Nostrana [21]4 years ago
5 0
A seriously bad collision is what I think
KatRina [158]4 years ago
5 0
<h2>Answer:</h2>

The "ring of fire" is volcanic island arc extending from the southwestern pacific through Indonesia. The island arc formed as a result of <u>oceanic tectonic plate</u> collision.

<h2>Explanation:</h2>

The ring of fire is the major volcanic erupting and earthquake prone area in Pacific Ocean. The main reason of formation of ring of fire is the subduction of tectonic plates especially in the northern region.

Due to this reason most of the study of volcanic eruption starts from Alaska. Due to the collision of the tectonic plates in this region there is frequent occurring of earthquake and volcanic eruption. About 81% of major earthquake in earth occur in this region.

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