tectonic plates are located in mid - ocean in the earth.
tectonic plates are located in mid - ocean in the earth.
where are tectonic plates located in the earth?
mid - ocean
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earth's volcanoes occur because its crust is broken into 17 major, rigid tectonic plates that float on a hotter, softer layer in its mantle. therefore, on earth, volcanoes are generally found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging, and most are found underwater. for example, a mid-oceanic ridge, such as the mid-atlantic ridge, has volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates whereas the pacific ring of fire has volcanoes caused by convergent tectonic plates. volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the crust's plates, e.g., in the east african rift and the wells gray-clearwater volcanic field and rio grande rift in north america. this type of volcanism falls under the umbrella of "plate hypothesis" volcanism. volcanism away from plate boundaries has also been explained as mantle plumes. these so-called "hotspots", for example hawaii, are postulated to arise from upwelling diapirs with magma from the core–mantle boundary, 3,000 km deep in the earth. volcanoes are usually not created where two tectonic plates slide past one another.
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