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Plate boundary where the plates are moving away from each other allowing magma to rise from the mantle.

Headlands and bays result from coastlines that are formed of alternate sections of hard and soft rock. The areas of soft rock are more easily and quickly eroded whereas the harder rock is more resistant to p...

Climate change can be described as a context hazard due to its worldwide impact. However, the effects that climate change has upon extreme environments poses a severe threat. Temperature fluctuations for exa...

For this question it is important to explain which hazardous event you are discussing. People often continue to live in volcanic environments because of the nutrients in the soil which are good for farming a...

There are two types of crust we need to know about: Oceanic crust and Continental crust. Oceanic crust is formed at mid ocean ridges where two plates pull apart. Here magma from the mantle upwells. When it r...