Why Aren't Volcanoes Associated with Continent-Continent Convergence

question 21

Multiple Choice

Why aren't volcanoes associated with continent-continent convergence?

• A) Both plates are too buoyant to sink into the asthenosphere.
• B) The continental plate isn't hot enough to cause volcanoes.
• C) Volcanoes are not associated with convergent plate boundaries.
• D) Rising magma from melted plates can't break through continental crust.
• E) Volcanoes only occur on islands in the ocean and not on land.

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