Drawing the Ring of Fire on an equirectangular map, the main features fall into a narrow zone.
Two of the areas named on this map are often omitted when analysing the Ring of Fire, namely Yellowstone and Antarctica. With Antarctica included, the name ‘Ring of Fire’ can be taken literally, as a whole elliptical form is completed. Following up on this point, the circle is remarkably regular, with symmetric features, such as New Zealand, San Andreas Central Fault and Yellowstone on the minor axis. To be more precise, the San Andreas Fault is found where the inner ring crosses the minor axis, and Yellowstone is located where the outer ring crosses the same axis.
The basic idea by drawing the circle in this way, is the fact that subduction takes place exactly where equator crosses the outer ring within the Philippean Trench at the coast of Indonesia , and the Peru-Chile Trench crosses the same ring also on the equatorial line.
With a more detailed analysis, it can also be shown how the two rings follow the division lines drawn, representing the model introduced here. Examining the subduction zones one by one, a striking consistency between division lines and subduction zones is found.
Considerable research has been carried out regarding the subduction zones, and I like the work of Robert J. Stern a lot, as he has not only carried out a lot of measurements, but also contributed to the study of Earth’s history. Please read his article about the origin of subduction zones: https://speakingofgeoscience.org/2013/04/28/when-did-plate-tectonics-begin-on-earth-and-what-came-before/
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