The Ring of Fire is a chain of volcanoes and earthquake zones formed primarily where the Pacific tectonic plate converges with surrounding plates, driven mainly by subduction at convergent plate boundaries.
Sources
- The Pacific Ocean—facts and information (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-ring-fire?page=1 (usgs.gov)
- https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ocean-fact/rof/ (oceanexplorer.noaa.gov)
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