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| The Soufrière Hills Volcano
began its eruption on the 18 July 1995. Find and select the 3 hotspots on
the map of Montserrat to discover what caused the eruption. |
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The crust of
the earth is split into separate blocks called plates. These plates move
slowly by floating on a thin layer of hot semi-liquid rock called the mantle.
Where the plates meet is called a plate boundary. Montserrat is situated
on a boundary between the Caribbean plate and the Atlantic plate. These
two plates are slowly moving together causing the dense oceanic plate to
be forced under the continental plate.
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After
exploring all 3 hotspots, print the summary and select Impact.
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