When two oceanic plates converge, the plate with a greater density will subduct. This plate will partially melt, causing the formation of a line of volcanoes on the overriding plate. This line of volcanoes is called a(n) ______.
Physics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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When two oceanic plates converge, the plate with a greater density will subduct. This plate will partially melt, causing the formation of a line of volcanoes on the overriding plate. This line of volcanoes is called an island arc. An island arc is curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate margin, typically with a deep ocean trench on the convex side.