EBK EARTH
EBK EARTH
11th Edition
ISBN: 8220100664977
Author: Tasa
Publisher: YUZU
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Chapter 5.9, Problem 1CC
To determine

The status of the volcanoes in the Ring of Fire on the basis of effusive or explosive with an example.

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Pacific ring of fire (also called as circum-pacific belt) is a string of volcanoes and seismically-active earthquakes. It is a horse-shoe shaped structure associated with a series of volcanic arcs, volcanic belts, oceanic trenches, hot spots and plate movements. About one-third of the earth’s active and dormant volcanoes lie on the ring of fire.

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