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Describe how an island arc forms at a convergent boundry
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Describe how an island arc forms at a convergent boundry

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Ocean-Ocean Convergence

As the subducting plate is pushed deeper into the mantle, it melts. The magma this creates rises and erupts. This forms a line of volcanoes, known as an island arc

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