The Pacific Ring of Fire is

A. a region of nearly continuous eruption of nueé ardentes in the Pacific Ocean basin.
B. a nearly circular region of fissure eruptions in the Pacific Ocean basin.
C. the region defined by the Hawaiian Islands and the adjacent underwater volcanoes known as seamounts.
D. volcanic activity related to subduction zones and spreading zones rimming the Pacific Ocean basin.


Answer: D

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