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Submarine volcano erupting under the ocean at the Mid Atlantic ridge, a tensional (divergent) plate margin.

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Composite cone volcano forming part of an island arc at a compressional margin where two oceanic plates meet and one is subducted under the other.

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Composite (stratovolcano) volcano found at a compressional margin where an oceanic plate is subducted beneath a continental plate. Lava is acidic and viscous.

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Shield volcano formed at a hotspot in the earth’s crust. Lava is basic and runny. Eruption is non-violent.

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Caldera formed by collapse of magma chamber. Crater Lake is an example.

Super volcanoes are very large calderas.

Pacific Ring Of Fire