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Why Aren't Volcanoes Associated with Continent-Continent Convergence

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Why aren't volcanoes associated with continent-continent convergence?


A) Both plates are too buoyant to sink into the asthenosphere.
B) The continental plate isn't hot enough to cause volcanoes.
C) Volcanoes are not associated with convergent plate boundaries.
D) Rising magma from melted plates can't break through continental crust.
E) Volcanoes only occur on islands in the ocean and not on land.

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