Sunday, May 4, 2014

Italy Plate Boundary

The Netherlands and Finland are both on the Eurasian Plate but not on a boundary. However, Italy is on the boundary of the Eurasian plate and African. They are moving towards each other(African 2.15 cm (0.85 in) per year), causing subduction. (African underneath Eurasian).
 "Subduction zones are sites of high rates of volcanism, earthquakes, and mountain building." -Wikipedia

On earthquaketrack.com, is a list of the earthquakes these past few years near the boundary. 





This boundary caused the eruption of the Mt. Vesuvius, which is still active. It is also the source of other volcanoes in Italy, such as Campi Flegrei, Stromboli, Mount Etna, and Vulcano. Subduction creates these volcanoes as a plate underneath the other carries down rock which melts and is later brought up to the surface. 

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