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21 August, 08:50

What theory explains the causes of earthquakes and volcanoes? continental drift hydrologics plate tectonics weathering

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  1. 21 August, 08:58
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    It's plate tectonics, Earthquakes can be cause by ...

    Destructive boundaries (where an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate which causes pressure to build up by friction, and when is released, causes an earthquake)

    Or Conservative boundaries where 2 plates rub against each other causing pressure to build up and be released as an earthquake.

    Volcanos can be made by ...

    constructive plate boundaries where 2 plates pull away from each other, leaving large cracks in the earth for magma to erupt.

    As well as ...

    Hotspots which are on the plate itself not a boundary.
  2. 21 August, 09:02
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    Continental drift causes volcanoes to be formed and obviously causes earthquakes
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