print email comment close The Earth's Ring of Fire URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/136248.stm Description: An overview and map of this area circling the Pacific Ocean. "The zone — the 'Ring of Fire' — notorious for frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, coincides with the edges of one of the world's main tectonic plates. More than half of the world's active volcanoes above sea level are part of the ring." From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Earthquakes Geodynamics -- Pacific Area Plate tectonics Volcanoes LII Database Information: Record 10147 created by Maria Brandt on 06/06/2005 Last modification on 09/08/2009 Published: 06/06/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10147