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What plate of Earth does not have volcanoes associated with it?
Question Date: 2017-12-04
Answer 1:

My initial response is that all plates on Earth have active volcanoes on them, but doing a quick search I can't find any that are associated with India. The closest volcanoes that I can think of that might be related to the Indian plate are in Iran, which is some distance away.


Answer 2:

Most plates have volcanoes along their edges -- this is where all the action occurs. What happens at the edge of a plate depends on whether or not it is a convergent or divergent boundary (whether a plate is colliding with another plate, or moving away from it). In the middle of the plate, away from the edge, there are no volcanoes.



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