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its called a hot spot, its Region of the Earth's upper mantle that upwells to melt through the crust to form a volcanic feature. Most volcanoes that cannot be ascribed either to a subduction zone or to seafloor spreading at midocean ridges are attributed to hot spots. The 5% of known world volcanoes not closely related to such plate margins are regarded as hot-spot volcanoes. Hawaiian volcanoes are the best examples of this type, occurring near the centre of the northern portion of the Pacific Plate. A chain of extinct volcanoes or volcanic islands (and seamounts), such as the Hawaiian chain, can form over millions of years where a lithospheric plate moves over a hot spot. The active volcanoes all lie at one end of the chain or ridge, and the ages of the islands or the ridge increase with their distance from those sites of volcanic activity.
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Why volcano is a geomorphic process?
it moves crustal materials from place to place
What place in the world do volcanoes occur?
Volcanoes occur in areas where tectonic plates meet, such as the Pacific Ring of Fire which includes countries like Indonesia, Japan, and the west coast of the Americas. They can also be found along mid-ocean ridges where new crust is being formed.
What types of volcanoes are formed at spreading centers?
Volcanoes at spreading centers is referred to as spreading center volcanism. This usually takes place on mid-oceanic ridges where the plates diverge.
What is a thin place on Earths crust called where a volcanoes can form?
A thin place on Earth's crust where a volcano can form is called a "hotspot." This is a location where magma from the mantle rises to the surface, often creating volcanic activity. As the magma erupts through the Earth's crust, it can result in the formation of volcanic features like volcanoes, lava flows, and volcanic islands.
Are most volcanoes on land caused by the earths plates moving away form each other?
Sometimes it causes earthquakes, as well as when earths plates move in opposite directions. But yes, volcanoes are also formed when these plates move out of place or away from each other, for example Hawaii. That is an example of plates sliding through the ocean which causes islands.
What is the place called where tectonics plates interact?
The place where tectonic plates interact is called a plate boundary. These boundaries can take the form of divergent boundaries (moving apart), convergent boundaries (coming together), or transform boundaries (sliding past each other). These interactions lead to the formation of earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain ranges.
Do volcanoes happen in the same place?
No, volcanoes don't occur in the same place because there was a volcano in Hawaii and maybe somewhere in Asia.
Why volcano is a geomorphic process?
it moves crustal materials from place to place
Where does volcanoes form?
Well, volcanoes form in many places. but the main place where volcanoes form is along the border of plates. this happens when one plate goes under the other and starts forming into a volcano.
What place in the world do volcanoes occur?
Volcanoes occur in areas where tectonic plates meet, such as the Pacific Ring of Fire which includes countries like Indonesia, Japan, and the west coast of the Americas. They can also be found along mid-ocean ridges where new crust is being formed.
What types of volcanoes are formed at spreading centers?
Volcanoes at spreading centers is referred to as spreading center volcanism. This usually takes place on mid-oceanic ridges where the plates diverge.
What is a thin place on Earths crust called where a volcanoes can form?
A thin place on Earth's crust where a volcano can form is called a "hotspot." This is a location where magma from the mantle rises to the surface, often creating volcanic activity. As the magma erupts through the Earth's crust, it can result in the formation of volcanic features like volcanoes, lava flows, and volcanic islands.
Are most volcanoes on land caused by the earths plates moving away form each other?
Sometimes it causes earthquakes, as well as when earths plates move in opposite directions. But yes, volcanoes are also formed when these plates move out of place or away from each other, for example Hawaii. That is an example of plates sliding through the ocean which causes islands.
When two tectonic plates push into each other the place the two plates meet is what?
They are called a Plate Boundaries :)
Where on earth do most volcanoes occur?
Most volcanoes are found along the edges of tectonic plates where they interact, such as the Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean. This is where most of Earth's volcanic activity occurs due to the movement and collisions of these plates.
Where do earthquakes and volcanoes mostly frequently occur?
Underground Earthquakes occur along fault lines. Volcanoes are all over the world but a good place to find one is in the Ring of Fire.
Why do earthquakes and volcanoes happen mostly in the same place?
Seismic activity triggers both earthquakes and volcano eruptions, so usually both happen along fault lines, which cause seismic activity. Answer 2: They occur in similar areas because of plate tectonics, (plates of the lithosphere). Since they move, when they crash together they cause earthquakes and create volcanoes, when the plates slide past each other they cause lots of earthquakes, and when they move apart magma from the earth's core creates a volcano and earthquakes happen along the fault lines. See http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/plates1.html for more info.
