A 2,500 km long line of volcanoes, with 80 volcanic mountains and 41 historically active (since 1760 AD) volcanoes produce an arc stretching ... beneath the less dense continental North American ...

According to the team’s calculations, the motion of the North American continental plate may have ... Geological evidence, for example, suggests that the island underwent a period of intense volcanic ...

Island arcs, which arise from volcanic activity along subduction zones where one tectonic plate dives beneath another, play a crucial role in the formation of the continental crust. The study ...

According to the team's calculations, the motion of the North American continental ... for example, suggests that the island underwent a period of intense volcanic activity at the end of the ...