My friend and I are doing a science report on the relationship between volcanoes and plate tectonics. We are having a great deal of written documents to aid us in our research. We would be delighted if you could send us some research that explains the relationship. Jeremy Fink Dear Jeremy, Certain types of volcanoes are more common along certain types of plate boundaries. However, stratovolcanoes also form at some divergent plate boundaries, like rifts in Africa and Antarctica.
Shield volcanoes grow on the ocean floor above hot spots but also form above subduction zones.
Calderas form on both stratovolcanoes and shields in both convergent and divergent tectonic settings and above hot spots. I do not know of a map that shows these relationships.