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Chain of islands above a subduction zone (e.g., Japan, Aleutians).
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chain of volcanic islands or mountains formed by plate tectonics as an oceanic tectonic plate subducts under another tectonic plate and produces magma.
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An island arc is a type of archipelago, often composed of a chain of volcanoes, with arc-shaped alignment, situated parallel and close to a boundary between two converging tectonic plates. Most of these island arcs are formed as one oceanic tectonic plate subducts another one and, in most cases, produces magma at depth below the over-riding plate....
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long, curved chain of oceanic islands associated with intense volcanic and seismic activity and orogenic (mountain-building) processes. Prime ... [9 related articles]
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A chain of volcanic islands. Island arcs are generally convex toward the open ocean. Example: the Aleutian Islands.
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A line of volcanic islands found of the ocean that have been created by the convergence of two tectonic plates and the subsequent subduction of one of the plates beneath the other. Subduction cause magma plumes to rise to the Earth's surface creating the volcanic islands.
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A curved chain of islands that rise from the sea floor, usually near a continent. The convex side usually faces the open ocean, while the concave side usually faces the continent, e.g., the Aleutian Islands in Alaska; synonym of volcanic arc.
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n. A curved chain of islands that rise from the sea floor, usually near a continent. The convex side usually faces the open ocean, while the concave side usually faces the continent, e.g., the Aleutian Islands in Alaska; volcanic arc- syn.
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n. A curved chain of islands that rise from the sea floor, usually near a continent. The convex side usually faces the open ocean, while the concave side usually faces the continent, e.g., the Aleutian Islands in Alaska; volcanic arc- syn.
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Curved chain of volcanic islands. Island arcs are common in the Pacific where they ring the ocean on both sides; the Aleutian Islands off Alaska are an example. The volcanism that forms island arcs is a result of subduction of an oceanic plate beneath another plate, as evidenced by the presence of ocean trenches on the convex side of the arc, a...
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series of volcanic islands that are built above a subduction zone.
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A curved belt of volcanic islands lying above a subduction zone. compare continental arc.
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a curved chain of islands, as the Aleutians or Antilles, usually convex toward the ocean and enclosing a deep-sea basin.
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