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Pacific Ocean. It shaped more like a 40 000 kilometerMany of these volcanoes were created
through the process of subduction dense ocean plates collide and slide under the continental
plates. Geology detectives have combined the evidence and discovered why the ring of fire is
dangerous. The layer of rock called mantle produces a high pressure and temperature it
creates the convection current and forces the plate. In the deep ocean, we can see a series of
deep ocean trenches that run parallel to corresponding volcanic arcs along the ring of fire.