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It leaves an island arc or chain if the hot spot is in the ocean. A great example of this is the Hawaiian Island chain. There is another hot spot in the North American plate which now resides in Yellowstone National Park. This hot spot simply leaves a chain of extinct volcanic areas as the continental plate moves over it.
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What happens when the plates form mount vesuvius?
Mount Vesuvius is located above a subduction zone formed where the African plate descends beneath Italy.
Large moving mass of land that over millions of years will drift to a new location?
Continental drift is the theory that Earth's continents move slowly over time due to the motion of tectonic plates. This process happens over millions of years as the plates shift and change position, resulting in the movement of landmasses.
What direction the pacific plate is moving?
The Pacific Plate is moving northwest. It is moving at a rate of about 10 cm (4 inches) per year in relation to the North American Plate. This movement creates tectonic activity along the plate boundaries, leading to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
What is the synonym for moving plates?
Plate and Plate Tectonics is th ebest answer
Which plate is subducting beneath South American plate?
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What can be used to track some plate movements because it stays in about the same place while the tectonic plate above it keeps moving?
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Where magma can melt through a plate moving above it?
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What is the diffrerence of a tetonic plate and hotspot?
A `hotspot' stands still and melts the tectonic plate moving above it.
What happens on a divergent plate boundary?
the two plates are moving away from each other, and new crust is formed.
Why do himalay's increase there size?
Currently the Indo-austrailian plate is moving north, pushing its way against the Eurasian plate. Asa this happens some of the land is forced upwards.
What direction is the Cocos Plate moving?
Cocos Plate is moving towards the north-east.
What direction is cocos plate moving?
Cocos Plate is moving towards the north-east.
What is the typical speed of moving plate?
The typical speed of a moving plate is about 21mm a year.
What happens at the lithosphere?
The lithosphere is the crust of the Earth. The crust is always moving due to plate tectonics and continental drift. This can cause earthquakes.
How does an earthquake happen in order?
first the plates move towards or along each otherone of them (mostly the oceanic plate)the pressure of the plate moving toward each other is released and an earthquake happens
What plate is moving the fastest?
The Pacific and Cocos plate.
What proccess allow the plate to move?
When magma churns inside the mantle, it will churn in different directions. Since the plates are "floating above it", the churning magma will act as a conveyor belt, moving the plate along.
