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Title: VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AND PLATE TECTONICS
Caption: Idealized diagram showing plate tectonic processes and their relation to volcanic activity. Numbers refer to explanations in text. (Modified from Skinner, B. J., and Porter, S. C. 1992. The Dynamic Earth, 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley)
Keywords: volcanoes, volcanism, volcanic eruptions, plate tectonics, tectonic plates, lithospheric plates, mid-ocean ridges, seafloor spreading, divergent boundary, divergent boundaries, convergent boundary, convergent boundaries, orogenesis, mountain building, subduction zones, trenches, oceanic lithosphere, oceanic crust, transform fault boundary, transform fault boundaries, transform faults, magmas