SUBDUCTION Oceanic Crust beneath Continental Crust

Forming a range of coastal Volcanic Mountains

The Andes and the Cascades are 2 of the more well-known volcanic coastal mountain

ranges...

SUBDUCTIONOceanic Crust

beneath Oceanic Crust

Forming an Arc of

Volcanic Islands, or Island Arcs

Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and the island nation of Japan are examples of

Island Arcs

The RING of FIRE is an area of Subduction Zones surrounding the Pacific Ocean where

volcanoes numerous occur.