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Why volcano form when ocean crust move under continental crust

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Volcanoes form when magma, which is molten rock from beneath the Earth's crust, reaches the surface. The magma erupts to form lava . ... The oceanic crust sinks beneath the continental crust at a subduction zone - a point where the more dense,oceanic plate is forced beneath the less dense, continental plate.

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