Whats the different between volcanism and volcanoes?
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| Fig. 1 |
Volcanism is the process by which magma and associated gases rise onto the Earth's crust and are extruded on the earth's surface or in the atmosphere. And Volcanoes is the surface manifestations of volcanism. Global pattern of volcanism are related to plate boundaries (active seismic regions)(Fig 1). The type of volcanic activity depemds mainly on the type of plate boundary. The shape and dimensions of a volcano depend mainly on the eruption type. (see the image below)
