Volcanoes

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  • Created by: Jess
  • Created on: 27-05-13 16:54

Volcanoes

1) Volcanoes are caused by movement of tectonic plates. At destructive plate margins the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate because it's more dense- this also creates an ocean trench:

- The oceanic plate moves down into the mantle, where it's melted and destroyed.

- A pool of magma forms.

-The magma rises through the cracks in the crust called vents.

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