sloping volcano called a shield volcano. Erta Ale in Ethiopia and Laki in Iceland are good examples. At convergent plate boundaries, one tectonic plate slides beneath another, melting as it sinks ...

Tall, steep volcanoes can also form as a result of the denser rock melting and the magma being forced up to the surface. South America has a great example of a convergent plate boundary.

The boundary where the two plates meet is called a convergent boundary ... magma that makes its way to the surface, producing volcanoes, such as Mt. St. Helens. Most of the subducting plate ...

Trigger volcanoes ... For more on divergent boundary, go to The Sea Floor Spread. Also known as subduction boundary, a convergent boundary occurs where one plate slides under another as the ...

The volcano on White Island/Whakaari is an example of a stratovolcano or ... "The North Island has a convergent plate boundary, where the Pacific plate moves underneath the Australian plate ...

The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes that dot the Pacific ... the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another ...