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How do volcanoes above subduction zones generally differ from volcanoes above hot spots?

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Volcanoes above hot spots have more fluid lava.

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Subduction zone volcanism occurs where two plates are converging on one another. One plate containing oceanic lithosphere descends beneath the adjacent plate, thus consuming the oceanic lithosphere into the earth's mantle.
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