Active stratovolcanoes (or composite volcanoes) are most commonly found
a) along rift valleys (divergent boundaries)
b) on hot spots
c) along subduction zones
d) along continent-continent collision zones
e) in all of the geologic settings described above
Answer: c) along subduction zones
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