How is a volcano different from a hot spot volcano?

Answer 1

Fault lines are simply where cracks appear in the earth's crust from the movement of the plates.

Answer 2

A hot spot can occur away from the edge of a tectonic plate, while subduction zones are where two tectonic plates meet, causing one to sink under the other.

Answer 3

Plate boundaries is the collision of two plates, such as convergent plate boundaries, divergent plate boundaries, etc. Plate tectonics is the name for the fact that the earth is broken into plates which are constantly shifting underground.

Answer 4

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).

Answer 5

A hot spot volcano is still a volcano. "Hot spot" refers to the geologic setting in which the volcano forms. Most volcanoes on Earth form near boundaries between tectonic plates. However, hot spot volcanoes can form well away from plate boundaries, resulting from plumes of extra hot mantle material producing molten rock just beneath the lithosphere.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

A hot spot can occur away from the edge of a tectonic plate, while subduction zones are where two tectonic plates meet, causing one to sink under the other