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The Hawaiian Islands were formed due to the presence of a hotspot below the lithosphere. These are thought to be caused by up welling plumes of high temperature material (mantle plumes). These high temperature plumes cause partial melting of the crust leading to the formation of magma which rises through the lithosphere and onto Earth's surface. However, since the Earth's lithosphere is always moving while the hotspot remains stationary, the Earth's lithosphere will move the volcanoes formed by the hotspots away from it. This results in the older volcanoes becoming extinct since the source of magma is cut off, whereas new volcanoes form above the hotspot to continue and extend the chain.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe term Hawaiian volcanoes are what built (and continue to build) the islands in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain stretching from the tropical Pacific to the coast of Russia.
They apparently form over a "hot spot" in the mantle beneath the moving Pacific plate, that is currently building the seamount called Lo'ihi, southeast of the Big Island of Hawaii. That hotspot continues to feed heated magma to Mauna Loa, Kilauea, and other active subsea volcanoes.
Islands will form when they are over that spot, then move away to the NW over a period of millions of years, often gaining coral reefs but eventually eroding as well.
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∙ 6y agoScientists believe that the next volcano in the Hawaiian chain should form east or south of the Island of Hawaii. To the south of Hawaii is a violent volcano rumbling quietly at a depth of 3,000 feet in the Pacific Ocean. The land that may eventually form above the sea is already called Loihi.
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∙ 14y agotectonic plates move together or magma comes up the the grounds and hardends or something liike that
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∙ 9y agoThey form in large bodies of magma, called hotspots which are forced upward through Earth's mantle and crust.
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∙ 13y agotectonic pates. the earth is covered in self of rock(like the skin of an apple) and when they move they can spread apart or crash into each other causing mountains, volcanoes, etc...
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∙ 8y agothey are formed from a hotspot underground
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Are volcanoes and earthquakes located in the middle of continents?
volcanoes form in many places like Hawaii and some in Asia but they are everywhere mostly in the middle there ane NO volcanoes in U.S. excluding Hawaii
Does Hawaii and Nevada have active Volcanoes?
No. Hawaii has active volcanoes but Nevada does not. Nevada does have inactive volcanoes, however.
What states have volcanoes in the us?
Hawaii is a state with volcanoes beneath it!
Explain how volcanoes form in the central rift valley of a divergent boundary?
Earthquakes occur along the faults, and volcanoes form when magma reaches the surface, and then the valleys form from erosion.
Which volcano created Hawaii?
The Hawaiian islands were formed by multiple volcanoes. Five separate volcanoes form the main island we call Hawaii: Kohala, Hualālai, Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, and Kilauea.
What type of volcanoes form where plates meet?
Hawaii
How do volcanoes in Hawaii form?
bye plate toctenics
What kind of valcaneo erupted to form Hawaii?
Shield volcanoes.
Why is Hawaii known for volcanoes?
Hawaii was made by volcanoes and has a lat of them
Are volcanoes and earthquakes located in the middle of continents?
volcanoes form in many places like Hawaii and some in Asia but they are everywhere mostly in the middle there ane NO volcanoes in U.S. excluding Hawaii
Why did the volcanoes of Hawaii form the way they did?
Because that's the way God created them.
Why is Hawaii's volcanoes so unique?
The volcanoes on Hawaii are unique because they are the reasons why Hawaii was formed.
Does Hawaii and Nevada have active Volcanoes?
No. Hawaii has active volcanoes but Nevada does not. Nevada does have inactive volcanoes, however.
Is it true that Hawaii is made out of volcanoes?
some of Hawaii is made of volcanoes. but not all of it
Is there many volcanoes in Hawaii?
There are 3 active volcanoes in Hawaii right now.
When was Hawaii Volcanoes Wilderness created?
Hawaii Volcanoes Wilderness was created in 1978.
What states have volcanoes in the us?
Hawaii is a state with volcanoes beneath it!
