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Yes, it is not uncommon to find volcanoes at hot spots.
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How do volcanoes form there?
its a hot spot
What do you call volcanoes that aren't on plate boundary edges?
Such volcanoes are hot spot volcanoes.
What plate interaction is a hot spot volcano?
Hot spot volcanoes are not associated with plate interactions.
What causes hot spot volcanoes form?
Magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust which is what causes hot spot volcanoes to form
Is the formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of volcanoes forming over a hot spot?
Yes. The Hawaiian Islands were formed by hot spot volcanoes.
What boundary is a hot spot volcano?
Hot spot volcanoes are not associated with plate boundaries except where the hot spot is coincidentally near one.
How do how spot volcanoes?
A hot spot develops above the plume. Magma generated by the hot spot rises through the rigid plates of the lithosphere and produces active volcanoes at the Earth's surface. As oceanic volcanoes move away from the hot spot, they cool and subside, producing older islands, atolls, and seamounts.
Why is Hawaii made of volcanoes?
Because it is located on a hot spot!
What types of volcanoes are not the result of tectonic activity?
hot spot
The Hawaiian volcanoes formed as a result of which of the following?
Hot spot ^_^
A hot spot creates volcanoes in an?
Yes. It sure does :l
In plate tectonic theory what does a hot spot create?
A hot spot will often generate volcanoes. Many hot spots show a chain of extinct volcanoes in one direction, indicating that the plate moved over the stationary hot spot.
