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How can a chain of seamounts be used to tell which way the pacific plate is moving?
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Seamounts are submarine volcanoes that form on the ocean floor.
They are formed by hotspots (which are hypothesised to be the result of mantle plumes although there is some controversy over this theory in the geophysical community) which cause melting of the crust. These hotspots in the upper mantle are in fixed locations, so as the tectonic plate moves over the hotspot a chain of seamounts forms creating a line in the direction of the plate movement.
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What is the plate that contain the most hot spots?
Probably the pacific Plate. The permanent hot spots are revealed by chains of volcanic islands. The chain itself reveals the direction the plate is moving.
The rate of speed in which the Pacific and Philippine plate are moving?
The Pacific plate is moving at a rate of speed of 8.10 cm per year. The Philippine plate is moving at a rate of speed of 6.35 cm per year.
What direction the pacific plate is moving?
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Is Hawaii on a divergent boundary?
No. The Hawaiian Islands and seamounts are being formed by a mantle "hot spot" under the center of the Pacific plate, as it moves generally WNW and is subducted near the coast of Asia.
Which plate is subducting beneath South American plate?
Nazca
What plate is moving the fastest?
The Pacific and Cocos plate.
What is the plate that contain the most hot spots?
Probably the pacific Plate. The permanent hot spots are revealed by chains of volcanic islands. The chain itself reveals the direction the plate is moving.
What is the fastest moving tectonic plate?
The Pacific and Cocos plate.
What direction does the pacific plate moving?
eastward
The rate of speed in which the Pacific and Philippine plate are moving?
The Pacific plate is moving at a rate of speed of 8.10 cm per year. The Philippine plate is moving at a rate of speed of 6.35 cm per year.
What direction is the pacific plate moving relative to the north American plate?
north-northwest
Which plate is the North American plate moving towards?
. LIKE A BOSS! no it is going west retards.UTCHTRHYR DUSH.The real info is that it it moving eats \ See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Platehehe! It is also believed to be moving in a North Northwesterly direction as evidenced by the Emperor Sea mount chain
Which way is the pacific plate currently moving?
north west
What direction the pacific plate is moving?
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What Are Two Plates Moving Past Each Other?
North American Plate and the Pacific Plate
How much does the Pacific plate move each year?
The pacific plate is moving in a northwesternly direction
What direction is the afrian plate moving?
It is moving to the west. As is the north American plate which will make the Atlantic Ocean bigger and the Pacific ocean smaller.
