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Where plate tectonics involved in the formation of the galapagos islands?

Maybe


What role do volcanoes play in the formation of the galapagos islands?

The volcanic set up of the Islands can be explained by looking at the theories of Plate Tectonics and the Hot Spot. The platform where the Galapagos Islands started their volcanic growth lies right on top of the Nazca Plate. In Galapagos, the Islands to the East are older than those to the West, this implies that the Galapagos Hot Spot is right under the western Islands of Isabela and Fernandina.


What type of plate boundary is creating the Galapagos Islands Volcano?

your pooo


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 famous islands are part of the Ecuador?

Galapagos Islands the black ans islands


What islands lay off the west coast of the equator in south America?

Galapagos Islands


Which has warmer climate the Falkland Islands or the Galapagos Islands?

The Galapagos Islands


Where are finches found?

The Galapagos Islands.


What are the rivers of the galapagos islands?

There are no rivers in the Galapagos Islands.


How do hot spots and the plate tectonics theory account for the different ages of the Hawaiian Islands?

because


What tectonic plate does the Fernandina Island land on?

Fernandina Island is part of the Galapagos Islands, which sit on the Nazca Plate in the Pacific Ocean.


On what continental are the Galapagos Islands?

By definition the Galapagos Islands are not on a continent.