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Kilauea, a shield volcano in Hawaii, primarily forms due to the movement of the Pacific tectonic plate over a stationary hotspot in the Earth's mantle. As the plate moves northwest, magma rises from the hotspot, creating volcanic activity. This movement is characterized as a divergent boundary process, where the plate's motion allows magma to escape and build up the volcano. The result is the formation of Kilauea, which is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
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What is the plate on kilauea located?
The Pacific Plate. In the middle of the plate the volcano is rising from the plate movement.
What plates make mount kilauea erupt?
Kilauea is one of the Hawaiian volcanoes. Hawaii is located roughly in the centre of the Pacific plate. It's volcanism is a result of a mantle plume creating a hotspot leading to significant partial melting in the mantle and crust in turn leading to volcanism.
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 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.
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 is the plate on kilauea located?
The Pacific Plate. In the middle of the plate the volcano is rising from the plate movement.
What are some question that are answered by plate tectonc?
Plate tectonics helps us to explain continental drift.
What plate is the Kilauea volcano on?
Kilauea is on the Pacific Plate.
What movement does mantle convection currents cause?
They cause plate movement. The plate movement then causes an earthquake.
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 plates make mount kilauea erupt?
Kilauea is one of the Hawaiian volcanoes. Hawaii is located roughly in the centre of the Pacific plate. It's volcanism is a result of a mantle plume creating a hotspot leading to significant partial melting in the mantle and crust in turn leading to volcanism.
What is is it called when plate movement causes rocks to break?
When plate movement causes rocks to break it is call an earthquake.
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 are the natural causes of an earthquake?
plate movement
