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Source images wikipedia / USGS

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Undersea volcano erupting along the Mid Atlantic Ridge under the ocean (a constructive plate margin.)

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Composite cone volcano forming part of an island arc at a destructive plate margin where two oceanic plates meet and one is subducted under the other.

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Composite cone (stratovolcano) volcano found at a destructive margin where an oceanic plate is subducted beneath a continental plate. Because the lava is acidic and viscous (thick), eruptions are violent.

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Shield volcano formed at a hotspot in the earth’s crust. Lava is basic and runny. Eruption is non-violent.

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Source images wikipedia / USGS

Caldera formed by collapse of magma chamber. Crater Lake is an example.

Super volcanoes such as Yellowstone are very large calderas.

Pacific Ring Of Fire

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