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The next Hawaiian volcano will most likely form near the Hawaiian hot spot.
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What are groups of volcanoes called?
If it is a single island, it is simply known as a volcanic island! If however it is a chain or string of separate islands then it may be a volcanic island arc (these form parallel to trenches at subduction zones) or a volcanic island chain (these form where a mantle plume creates a hotspot and may be in the centre of a tectonic plate. A good example would be the Hawaiian island chain). They can also form a cluster of islands (an archipelago) such as the Canary Islands (again formed by hotspot volcanism) in the Atlantic of the coast of Morocco.
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.
A series of volcanic islands that form along a plate boundary is called a what?
This is called a volcanic island arc.
Why Hawaii is made of volcanoes due to?
The Hawaiian Islands formed over a hotspot in the Pacific Ocean, where magma formed a column and rose through the Earth's crust, causing volcanic activity. The hotspot stays fixed as the Earth's plates move over it, which is why, currently, no island but the Big Island experiences volcanic eruptions.
What does volcanic island arc mean?
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.
How can new Hawaiian islands form?
From Volcanic Eruptions and when tectnotic plates move.
How did the Hawaiian chain island form?
The Hawaiian Island chain formed from a mantle plume and moving plates. The rising mantle plume causes crustal material to melt at depth, which results in volcanism and finally in the formation of a volcanic island. Since the Pacific Plate is in continuous (although slow) movement, the same mantle plume will cause volcanism subsequently in different places and this is expressed at the surface as a chain of volcanoes or volcanic islands.
What are groups of volcanoes called?
If it is a single island, it is simply known as a volcanic island! If however it is a chain or string of separate islands then it may be a volcanic island arc (these form parallel to trenches at subduction zones) or a volcanic island chain (these form where a mantle plume creates a hotspot and may be in the centre of a tectonic plate. A good example would be the Hawaiian island chain). They can also form a cluster of islands (an archipelago) such as the Canary Islands (again formed by hotspot volcanism) in the Atlantic of the coast of Morocco.
Can an ocean trench become a volcanic island?
An ocean trench does not become a volcanic island, however volcanic islands often form near ocean trenches.
Is a volcanic island transform?
No. Volcanoes do not form at transform boundaries. Volcanic islands can form at convergent boundaries and at hot spots.
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.
Does island have a lot of volcanoes because it is on the boundary of two plates?
Many volcanic islands are a product of plate boundaries, but some, such as the Hawaiian islands, form over hot spots away from plate boundaries.
A series of volcanic islands that form along a plate boundary is called a what?
This is called a volcanic island arc.
What caused the island to form?
The Galápagos Islands were formed by volcanic activity.
Why Hawaii is made of volcanoes due to?
The Hawaiian Islands formed over a hotspot in the Pacific Ocean, where magma formed a column and rose through the Earth's crust, causing volcanic activity. The hotspot stays fixed as the Earth's plates move over it, which is why, currently, no island but the Big Island experiences volcanic eruptions.
What does volcanic island arc mean?
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 does a volcanic island form over?
A volcanic island realy doesn't form over anything. Hot magma rises from benieth the sea and cools. Sometimes it doesn't make it to the surface and it flows down to the bottom again.
