Ring of Fire

Zachary C.

This picture is from: http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/fire.html

Volcanic arcs and oceanic trenches partly encircling the Pacific oceans form the Ring of Fire, a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The trenches are shown in blue-green. The volcanic island arcs, although not labeled, are parallel to, and always landward of, the trenches. For example, the island arc associated with the Aleutian Trench is represented by the long chain of volcanoes that make up the Aleutian Islands.

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