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The Pacific Ring of Fire Is

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The Pacific Ring of Fire is


A) A nearly circular region of fissure eruptions in the Pacific Ocean basin.
B) Volcanic activity related to subduction zones and spreading zones rimming the Pacific Ocean basin.
C) A region of nearly continuous eruption of nueé ardentes in the Pacific Ocean basin.
D) The region defined by the Hawaiian Islands and the adjacent underwater volcanoes known as seamounts.
E) A doughnut-shaped eruption characteristic of Pacific Islands, which, when dormant is called an atoll.

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