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Volcanoes can be caused by mantle plumes. These so-called hotspots can occur far from plate boundaries. Hotspot volcanoes are also found elsewhere in the solar system, especially on rocky planets and moons. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the Earth's crust.
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What causes islands?
volcanos
What causes the movements of the lithosphere?
volcanos and earthquakes
How do volcanos underwater form?
they form by something
What causes valcanoes?
The volcanos cause to kill people.
Where do coal beds form?
Volcanos
What do composite volcanoes form?
composite volcanos
What is the plural of volcanos?
The plural form of volcano may be spelled, volcanos or volcanoes.The -es version, as with the plural, tornadoes, is more widely used.
What ype ofrock does volcanos form?
igneous rock
How do mountains and volcanos form?
when to different plates push up to form a volcano
What is a tsanmi?
tsanmi usually caused by plate movement, that cause underground heat, that causes volcanos, that causes tsanmi.
What theory helps explain the causes of both earthquakes and volcanos?
Plate tectonics.
Can volcano form under water?
Volcanos CAN form under water. that is how land is formed.
