Which volcanic activity is triggered when seawater lowers magma viscosity?

💡 Explanation

Subducting oceanic plates introduce water; this lowers magma viscosity via decompression melting. This promotes volatile release and therefore an explosive eruption, rather than effusive events building shield volcanoes because shield type volcanos have a more sicilic composition.

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