GEOG 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Crop Rotation, Defoliant, Sundaland
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It is possible that material on the exam will not be explicitly covered on this aid. Know why it"s important that se asia is part of the ring of fire and what effect that has on the environment. Southeast asia is apart of the ring of fire due to its" geographic location. Fire is a direct result of plate tectonics and the movement and collisions of crustal plates. The ring of fire is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the pacific ocean. The eastern section of the ring is the result of the nazca plate and the cocos plate being sub ducted beneath the westward moving. A portion of the pacific plate along with the small juan de fuca. Plate is being sub ducted beneath the north american plate. It is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and plate movements.
