volcanic arc

C2480
concept

A volcanic arc is a curved chain of volcanoes that forms above a subducting tectonic plate, typically parallel to an oceanic trench, where magma generated by subduction rises to the surface.

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
volcanic arc canonical 32
volcanic zone 8
subduction-zone volcano 5

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: volcanic arc
Generated description
A volcanic arc is a curved chain of volcanoes that forms above a subducting tectonic plate, typically parallel to an oceanic trench, where magma generated by subduction rises to the surface.

Instances (56)

Instance Via concept surface
Sangihe volcanic arc —
Bismarck volcanic arc —
Costa Rican Volcanic Mountain Ranges volcanic mountain range system
Aleutian Range —
Mount Cleveland subduction-zone volcano
Sunda Arc —
Agrihan volcano subduction-related volcano
Central American Volcanic Arc —
Mount Merapi subduction-zone volcano
Mariana Island Arc —
Cascade Volcanic Arc —
Tonga Ridge volcanic arc segment
Austral Volcanic Zone of the Andes volcanic zone
Fuji Volcanic Zone volcanic zone
Aeolian Arc —
Northern Volcanic Zone —
Apennine volcanic arc —
Luzon Volcanic Arc —
Southwest Japan Arc —
Taranaki Volcanic Lineament volcanic arc segment
Taupō Volcanic Zone volcanic zone
Taconic volcanic arc —
Tonga–Kermadec Arc —
Caucasus volcanic arc —
Sredinny Range volcanic mountain chain
Eastern Range volcanic mountain chain
Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes —
Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes volcanic zone
Redoubt Volcano subduction-zone volcano
Calabrian Arc subduction-arc system
Great Sitkin Volcano subduction-zone volcano
Kuril–Kamchatka volcanic arc —
Aleutian Arc —
Eastern Range (Kamchatka) volcanic mountain chain
New Hebrides volcanic arc —
Hellenic Arc —
Java volcanic arc —
Bougainville volcanic arc —
Nine Sisters volcanic mountain chain
Kamchatka volcanic arc —
Alaska Peninsula volcanic system —
Cascade Mountains of Washington —
Norikura Volcanic Zone volcanic zone
Outer Banda Arc —
Ryukyu island arc —
Negros Volcanic Belt volcanic arc segment
Mount Mazama subduction-zone volcano
Bicol Volcanic Arc —
AVZ volcanic zone
Aguilera volcano subduction-related volcano