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What features form at a hot spot.?
They form volcanic mountains by heating magma that breaks through the crust. On the oceanic plates, these crustal hot spots can form chains of volcanic islands such as the Hawaiian Islands.
Is a hot spot a tectonic plate boundary?
it is a hot spot for the boundary because it represents the volcanic eruption
What is a geological hot spot?
A geological hot spot is where hot magma rises from the earth's mantle, which creates volcanic activity.
At what type of boundary do hot-spot volcanoes form at?
Hot-spot volcanoes form at intraplate boundaries, where a plume of hot magma rises from deep within the mantle, creating volcanic activity away from tectonic plate boundaries.
What evidence would there be that the earth's crust passed over a volcanic hot spot that came from deep inside the mantle?
A string of seamounts or volcanic islands could form.
How is a hot shot formed?
A hot spot is an area of persistent volcanic activity
What is the difference between volcanic island and volcanic arc?
Volcanic arcs form at plate subduction zones. Island arcs are volcanic islands that form over "hot spots" in the Earth's mantle. Because the islands are moving with the oceanic plate, they eventually are removed from the hot spot, forming a chain of islands in the direction of the plate movement.
What is the place where volcanoes form in the middle of plates called?
The place where volcanoes form in the middle of plates is called a hot spot. Hot spots are areas of high volcanic activity caused by a rising plume of hot mantle material that melts through the Earth's crust, creating volcanic eruptions. An example of a hot spot is the Hawaiian Islands.
What is the differences between volcanic island arcs and volcanic arcs?
Volcanic arcs form at plate subduction zones. Island arcs are volcanic islands that form over "hot spots" in the Earth's mantle. Because the islands are moving with the oceanic plate, they eventually are removed from the hot spot, forming a chain of islands in the direction of the plate movement.
When a hot spot stays put but the plate above it keeps moving what happens?
It leaves an island arc or chain if the hot spot is in the ocean. A great example of this is the Hawaiian Island chain. There is another hot spot in the North American plate which now resides in Yellowstone National park. This hot spot simply leaves a chain of extinct volcanic areas as the continental plate moves over it.
What is the difference between the volcanic activity that occurs at a hot spot and the volcanic activity at a subduction boundary between an oceanic plate and a continental plate?
The hot spot volcanic activity is not dependent on the subduction and melting of oceanic crust. The hot spot simply appears to be a non-moving place in the Earth's mantle where heat rises from the interior.
How does hot spot form?
A hot spot is formed on a point of the earths surface where strong upward convection currents or plumes of hot magma in the upper mantle push up below the plates of the lithosphere causing volcanic activity. no it doesn'twhen the mantle is weak
