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    A volcanic arc (also known as a magmatic arc: 6.2 ) is a belt of volcanoes formed above a subducting oceanic tectonic plate, with the belt arranged in...
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    The Campanian volcanic arc is a volcanic arc that consists of a number of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in the Campania region of Italy. The Campanian...
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    Volcanoes (also known as the Cascade Volcanic Arc or the Cascade Arc) are a number of volcanoes in a volcanic arc in western North America, extending from...
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    The Luzon Volcanic Arc is a chain of volcanoes in a north–south line across the Luzon Strait from Taiwan to Luzon. The name "Luzon Volcanic Arc" was first...
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  • The Bicol Volcanic Arc (also called the Bicol Volcanic Chain) is a 260-kilometer-long volcanic arc located in the central-eastern margin of the Philippine...
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    The Central American Volcanic Arc (often abbreviated to CAVA) is a chain of volcanoes which extends parallel to the Pacific coastline of the Central American...
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    Bouguer anomaly on the convex side of the volcanic arc. The small positive gravity anomaly associated with volcanic arcs has been interpreted by many authors...
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    Andes Austral Volcanic Zone South Volcanic Zone Central Volcanic Zone North Volcanic Zone Central America Volcanic Arc Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt North...
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    The Aleutian Arc is a large volcanic arc of islands extending from the Southwest tip of the U.S. state of Alaska to the Kamchatka Peninsula of the Russian...
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    Iza-Paipa volcanic complex in Boyacá, in the Eastern Ranges is the northernmost manifestation of the Northern Andean Volcanic Belt. The volcanic arc has formed...
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    times, and Yellowstone hotspot 21 times. The Bismarck volcanic arc, New Britain, and the Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, appear often too. In addition to...
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    surface they create volcanic arcs. Volcanic arcs can form as island arc chains or as arcs on continental crust. Three magma series of volcanic rocks are found...
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    long, 90–230 km broad structure is an east–west, active, continental volcanic arc; encompassing an area of approximately 160,000 km2. Over several million...
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    transport sediment across the continental shelf and into the deep ocean Volcanic arc – Chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate Murphy, Raymond...
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    Forearc (redirect from Fore-arc basin)
    the associated volcanic arc. Forearc regions are present along convergent margins and eponymously form 'in front of' the volcanic arcs that are characteristic...
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    and French overseas department in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the Caribbean. Its volcanic cone is composed of stratified layers of hardened ash...
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    The South Aegean Volcanic Arc is a volcanic arc (chain of volcanoes) in the South Aegean Sea formed by plate tectonics. The prior cause was the subduction...
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    Chiapanecan Volcanic Arc. El Chichón is a complex of domes with a tuff ring, made of ejected volcanic material, located between the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt...
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    The Cascade Volcanic Arc is a continental volcanic arc that extends from northern California to the coastal peninsula of Alaska. The arc consists of a...
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    The Sunda Arc is a volcanic arc that produced the volcanoes that form the topographic spine of the islands of Sumatra, Nusa Tenggara, Java, the Sunda...
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    developed in non-accretionary arcs. Beyond the forearc basin, volcanoes are found in long chains called volcanic arcs. The subducting basalt and sediment...
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    complete list. Year Without a Summer Volcanic winter of 536 List of largest volcanic eruptions List of Quaternary volcanic eruptions Timeline of volcanism...
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  • continental arc is a type of volcanic arc occurring as an "arc-shape" topographic high region along a continental margin. The continental arc is formed...
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    Butte, is a dormant stratovolcano atop a shield volcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range of central Oregon. Named Mount Bachelor because...
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    The Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc is a volcanic arc that forms the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Plate. It is part of a subduction zone, also known...
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    in March 2021. The Pacaya volcano is a part of the Central American Volcanic Arc, a chain of volcanoes stretching from the northwest to the southeast...
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    string of five or more volcanic vents along a north–south trend that is perpendicular to that of the Central American Volcanic Arc in Guatemala. From north...
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    under the Caribbean Plate. Subduction forms the volcanic islands of the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc from the Virgin Islands in the north to the islands...
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    The zone is contained within the tectonic intra-arc continental Taupō Rift and this rift volcanic zone is widening unevenly east–west with the greatest...
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    The back-arc region is the area behind a volcanic arc. In island volcanic arcs, it consists of back-arc basins of oceanic crust with abyssal depths, which...
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