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What kind of plate boundary caused the Hawaiian islands to form?
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∙ 12y ago
none, it's just a hotspot in the middle of the pacific plate.
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The Hawaiian islands has what type of plate boundary?
it is not associated with any plate boundries
What type of plate boundary is caused by a downward convection current in the mantel?
A destructive plate boundary.
What was the plate boundary that caused Vesuvius to erupt?
The plate boundary that caused Vesuvius to erupt is the convergence of the African and Eurasian plates. It stretches the length of the Italian Peninsula.
Is Illinois on a fault line?
The Hawaiian Islands are a part of the Pacific oceanic plate. Their creation is owed to a hot spot in the mantle below the crust not plate boundary volcanism.
What plate boundary are volcanic islands?
Volcanic islands typically form near subduction zone, but they can also form at hot spots, which are not associated with plate boundaries.
What type of plate boundary created Hawaiian islands?
The Hawaiian Islands were created by a hot spot in the Earth's mantle. They were not created by interaction at a plate boundary.
What type of plate boundary created the Hawaiian islands?
The Hawaiian Islands were created by a hot spot in the Earth's mantle. They were not created by interaction at a plate boundary.
The Hawaiian islands has what type of plate boundary?
it is not associated with any plate boundries
What boundary is the mauna loa on?
If we consult a map showing tectonic plates, we can see that Mauna Loa is on the Pacific plate. The general rule is that volcanic activity usually appears along plate boundaries, but Mauna Loa and the Hawaiian Islands sit on what is called a hot spot in approximately the middle of Pacific plate.
The Hawaiian islands are located where the Pacific Plate is?
The Hawaiian islands are located where the Pacific plate is migrating.
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.
Are hot spots plate boundaries?
They can occur anywhere. For example the Hawaiian islands are caused by a hot spot thought to be created by a mantle plume and they are a very large distance away from any plate boundary. However some geophysicists also believe that Iceland sits atop a hotspot that is also caused by a mantle plume that coincidentally coincides with a tectonic plate boundary (the Mid-Atlantic-Ridge).
Why are the Hawaiian Islands used as evidence of plate tectonics?
The plate tectonics theory is not relevant to the formation of the Hawaiian Islands, but the theory explains why the islands formed in a chain. According to the theory, the plates move constantly. This caused the islands to form in a chain, as the hot spot under them does not move.
What are the hawaiian islands resting on?
plate push
What plate does Hawaii sit on?
Actually, the Hawaiian Islands were not formed by plates colliding together. They are in fact in the middle of the Pacific plate. They were formed by a hot spot. A hot spot is a spot in the inside of a plate and magma rises up to the surface and becomes a volcano. The reason why there are multiple islands is because the Pacific Plate is moving. Once an island moves completely away from the hot spot it becomes an extinct volcano.
What plate boundary is Falcon on?
The Falcon Volcano on the Tonga Islands are in the Indo-Australian Plate- a convergent boundary.
What type of plate boundary is caused by a downward convection current in the mantel?
A destructive plate boundary.
