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Mount Kilauea (in Hawaii) does not lie on a plate boundary. The Hawaiian volcanoes occur in the middle of an oceanic plate.
This lead people to theorize that Hawaii must lie over a hot spot on the earth caused by some underlying mechanism. The concept of a mantle plume was developed to explain the Hawaiian hot spot, and the theory of mantle plumes has become something of a geological dogma. Recent research papers on the subject hotly contest the existence of mantle plumes and provide other mechanisms to explain hot spots. See the links below.
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∙ 11y agoKilauea lies on a hot spot, not a plate boundary.
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∙ 11y agoNone. Kilauea is in the middle of the Pacific Plate and is the result of a hot spot rather than plates interacting.
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∙ 11y agoKilauea is not at a plate boundary. It is at a hot spot.
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∙ 14y agoKilauea is on the Pacific plate.
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∙ 10y agoWhich tectonic boundary is Kilauea on
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∙ 14y agoKileuea is not on a plate boundary.
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What type of plate boundary created Kilauea volcano?
It is not on a plate boundary but in the middle of a plate. Kilauea has formed over a hot spot.
Is kilauea a converging plate boundary?
No. Kilauea is not associated with any plate boundary. It is associates with a hot spot under the Pacific Plate.
What continent plate is Kilauea volcano in?
Kilauea is not on a continent. It is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is located on the Pacific Plate.
What type of plate boundary is creating mt kilauea?
Kilauea is not associated with a plate boundary, it and the other Hawaiian volcanoes are the result of a hot spot.
What type of plate boundary does mt kilauea have?
None. Kilauea is in the middle of the Pacific Plate, It is the result of a hot spot rather than a plate boundary.
What plate is the Kilauea volcano on?
Kilauea is on the Pacific Plate.
What type of plate boundary of kilauea volcano?
It is not on a plate boundary but in the middle of a plate. Kilauea has formed over a hot spot.
What type of plate boundary created Kilauea volcano?
It is not on a plate boundary but in the middle of a plate. Kilauea has formed over a hot spot.
Is kilauea a converging plate boundary?
No. Kilauea is not associated with any plate boundary. It is associates with a hot spot under the Pacific Plate.
What continent plate is Kilauea volcano in?
Kilauea is not on a continent. It is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is located on the Pacific Plate.
What type of plate boundary is creating mt kilauea?
Kilauea is not associated with a plate boundary, it and the other Hawaiian volcanoes are the result of a hot spot.
What type of plate boundary does mt kilauea have?
None. Kilauea is in the middle of the Pacific Plate, It is the result of a hot spot rather than a plate boundary.
What type of plate boundary is creating kilauea?
None. Kilauea is over a hot spot, far from the nearest plate boundary.
What type of plate is mt Kilaueu on?
Kilauea is on the Pacific Plate.
What type of plate boundary is involved in volcano kilauea?
None. Kilauea and all the Hawaiian volcanoes were created by a hot spot rather than a plate boundary.
Is mount kilauea convergent?
No. Kilauea is not associated with a plate boundary. It is caused by a hot spot.
What is the plate on kilauea located?
The Pacific Plate. In the middle of the plate the volcano is rising from the plate movement.
