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Do all volcanoes have hot spots?
No. While volcanoes can erupt very hot material, a volcano that is not actively erupting may not be any warmer than an ordinary mountain. Even on an active volcano, temperatures away from the vent may be normal.
Where else are volcanoes formed other than at hot spots?
Volcanoes can also form at subduction zones where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another, creating intense heat and pressure. Volcanoes can also form along mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates are moving apart, allowing magma to rise to the surface and form new crust. Additionally, volcanoes can form in continental rift zones where the lithosphere is being pulled apart, creating space for magma to rise.
Do oceanic hot-spots tend to erupt more than other volcanoes?
No they do not erupt explosively. It depends on its gas an its viscosity. Kilauea in Hawaii does not erupt explosively.
Is a super volcano found on a plate boundary?
Correct. About 90% of volcanoes are associated with plate boundaries. The remaining 10% are associated with hot spots. These are areas when extra hot mantle material, in what is called a mantle plume, wells up and melts beneath the crust.
How do volcanic mountains form at locations that are not near plate boundaries?
They are explained as 'hot spots' in the Earth's mantle, such as Yellowstone and the Hawaiian Island Chain, where heat from the Earth's interior is rising in a suspected current to the always moving crust.
Was Saturn volcanically active?
No, Saturn is a gas giant. It has no solid form (other than VERY HIGHLY pressurized gases.), so no volcanoes.
Washington has more of what than any other state other than Hawaii and Alaska?
Volcanoes.
Why do volcanoes don't form along the San Andreas Fault?
Volcanoes don't form along the San Andreas Fault because it is a strike-slip fault. This means that neither plate is being subducted under the other--they are just sliding past each other. Because of this, there is no magma, or a way for the magma to come up.
What is the other 2 volcanoes other than the cone?
Lava Domes,CompositeShield
Do shield volcanoes have quiet eruptions?
Because shield volcanoes have lava flows rather than explosive eruptions, they are much quieter than other types of volcanoes. Regardless, shield volcanoes are among some of the largest in the world.
Are there volcanoes in the solar system other than on earth?
Io the Moon of jupter has over 400 active volcanoes.
Why do volcanoes not form along the San Andreas Fault?
Volcanoes do not form along the San Andreas Fault because the fault is a transform boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally, rather than colliding or separating to create the conditions necessary for volcanic activity.
