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Mount St. Helens is located near a subduction zone, where the Juan de Fuca plate subducts under the North American Plate.
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∙ 11y agoMt. St Helens is on the North American Plate situated above the subducted reminent of the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate.
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What type of plate tectonic caused mt Everest?
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What plates caused popocatepetl to form?
The Cocos tectonic plate is subducting under the North American plate and this is what cause Mt. Popocatepetl to form.
What two plates collided that caused mt st helen erupt?
there were actually three plates. The Juan de Fuca plate, the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
On what type of tectonic plate boundary is Mt Everest situated?
This is a convergent boundary where two continental tectonic plates (the Indian and Eurasian plates) are colliding forming the mountain chain known as the Himalayas (of which Mt Everest is a part) as well as the Tibetan plateau. Please see the related links.
What is happening to plate to form mt st Helen?
The answer to this question is that the plates are still colliding which is causing the elevation of the volcano to become greater.
What tectonic plate is Mt Hood on?
tectonic plate for mt hood
What plate boundaries is mt st helen's on?
pacific plate
What type of plate tectonic caused mt Everest?
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What is the name of the tectonic plate of mt rainier?
Mt. Rainier is in the Cascade range of mountains that runs north-south from southern British Columbia in Canada to Northern California, along the western part of the North American tectonic plate.
Are there maps of plate boundaries for mt st Helen's?
Yeah there are maps for the Mt St Helens plate boundaries. Type into google Juan de Fuca plate boundaries It is a destructive plate boundary
What plates caused popocatepetl to form?
The Cocos tectonic plate is subducting under the North American plate and this is what cause Mt. Popocatepetl to form.
What plates are causing mt Helen volcano to form?
Juan De Fuca Plate
What two plates formed mount Pinatubo?
Mt. Pinatubo is in a subduction zone. subduction is when one tectonic plate slides under another. In the Mt. Pinatubo area the Eurasian Plate slides under the Philippine Sea Plate at the Manila Trench.
What kind of tectonic plate is mt.erebus?
Mt. Erubus has tectonic plates made up of parts of the lithosphere. These plates grind together or pull apart and this causes volcanoes to erupt.
Does mt Kilimanjaro lie on a tectonic boundary?
Sort of. It is in the East African Rift. This is not formally recognized as a plate boundary, but can be considered a divergent plate boundary in its early stages.
What two plates collided that caused mt st helen erupt?
there were actually three plates. The Juan de Fuca plate, the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
Where did Mt St Helen's occur?
where did mt Helen's occur
