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An island arc is a unique type of island chain mostly made up of clusters of volcanoes through an arc shaped arrangement situated close and parallel to the boundary between two converging tectonic plates. Prime examples of this form of geologic feature include the aleutian alaska arc and the kuril kamchatka arc.
Most island arcs originate on oceanic crust and have resulted from the descent of the lithosphere into the mantle along the subduction zone.
Island arc. Orogenic processes in island arcs. Island arc long curved chain of oceanic islands associated with intense volcanic and seismic activity and orogenic mountain building processes. Subduction accretion collision and recycling recent progress in study on fossil and modern calcareous algae and algal sediments the mechanics and evolution of megathrusts within accretionary complexes.
Island arcs are long chains of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity found along convergent tectonic plate boundaries such as the ring of fire. All chains of volcanoes are not island arcs and all island arcs are not islands.
