Assertion: volcano's vent | /r/HasProperty | created
Facets:
value: due to the sinking of tectonic plates
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: This is because the vents are created and sustained by the heat of volcanic activity at tectonic plate boundaries, found throughout the globe.
text: Hence, whenever a fault line is present or a vent is created due to the sinking of tectonic plates; the pressure, buoyancy and heat rises and eventually reaches the surface to form a volcanic eruption.
text: Vents, and the ecosystems they support, are created and destroyed as underlying volcanic activity waxes and wanes over tens or hundreds of years.