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a fixed volcanic hot spot on Earth tends to produce a volcano like chain. take Hawaii as an example, as the Earth's crust moves along, it makes the hotspot seem to move. The hotspot doesn't move, but it just tends to create a different volcanic mountainous structure relatively close to the last location. these volcanoes tend to be very calm, allowing people to live near them if given the right circumstances
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Is Wyoming a volcanic hot spot?
yes
Why are the Hawaiian Islands in the middle of the Pacific Plate?
The Hawaiian islands are not the result of plate techtonics, they are the result of volcanic activity relating to a particular hot spot in the Earth's mantle, from which a plume of hot magma rises upward and causes volcanic eruptions.
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.
What is it called when particles are in a fixed position but can. Vibrate?
what is a fixed position and vibrate on the spot
How do mountains form over hot spots?
Any mountian that forms over a hot spot is volcanic. The molten rock rises to the earth's surface in a mantle and forms a volcano
What is a geological hot spot?
A geological hot spot is where hot magma rises from the earth's mantle, which creates volcanic activity.
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.
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.
What are geostationary orbits?
an orbit that is about 36000km above the Earth's surface and in which a satellite is above a fixed spot on the equator.
What does a volcanic crater mean?
a volcanic crater is the big empty spot in a volcano
What happen if the earth's crust passed over a volcanic hot spot that came from deep inside?
Happens all the time...Hawaii is an example.
How does a volcanic hot spot form?
follar
Is Wyoming a volcanic hot spot?
yes
If an island was formed from a volcanic hot spot would you be able to mine gold on it?
Most likely not. Gold is usually associated with granitic intrusions. Volcanic islands produce basaltic lava, which is not conducive to gold deposits. You are more likely to find gold at a location where there is or has been a continental volcanic arc.
Why are the Hawaiian Islands in the middle of the Pacific Plate?
The Hawaiian islands are not the result of plate techtonics, they are the result of volcanic activity relating to a particular hot spot in the Earth's mantle, from which a plume of hot magma rises upward and causes volcanic eruptions.
How were long-active mid-oceanic volcanic islands formed?
Mid-ocean volcanic islands are usually formed due to the location of a 'hot spot' in the Earth's mantle from which molten material continuously is created and flows to the surface.
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.
