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Are hot spots stationary?
Hot spots are not stationary. They are areas of intense heat that can move or shift within a specific location, either due to changes in underlying geologic processes or natural events such as volcanic eruptions or seismic activity.
What do hot spots do?
flood basalts and volcanoes
What type of volcanoes form on a hot spot?
Shield volcanoes typically form on hot spots. These volcanoes have gentle slopes due to the low-viscosity basaltic lava they produce. Examples of shield volcanoes formed on hot spots include Mauna Loa in Hawaii and Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.
Is a shield volcano an active volcano?
A shield volcano can be active, dormant, or extinct. It is characterized by gentle sloping sides and a broad, flat profile, formed by the accumulation of fluid lava flows. Some famous shield volcanoes, like Mauna Loa in Hawaii, are active and regularly erupt.
How are weak spots plate movement and volcanoes related?
All Volcanoes are formed at weaker spots in the tectonic plates. The weak spots are usually near the edges of plates, and most volcanoes are formed there. Sometimes though, plates move over hot spots, and if a weak area of the plate is over that hot spot, a volcano (shield volcano) might form.
Are hot spots stationary?
Hot spots are not stationary. They are areas of intense heat that can move or shift within a specific location, either due to changes in underlying geologic processes or natural events such as volcanic eruptions or seismic activity.
Does mars have any spots?
Mars has many surface features such as craters and extinct volcanoes, but does not have any 'spots' consisting of large and long lived storm systems in it's atmosphere like those found on Jupiter.
Are shield volcanoes hot spots?
Shield volcanoes are not hot spots but they are associated with them. However, such volcanoes can also form at rift zones.
What volcanoes are located along divergent boundaries?
Which volcanoes are located at hot spots
What do hot spots do?
flood basalts and volcanoes
Where do shield volcanoes form?
at hot spots(a place where volcanoes are very active)
What volcanoes are located are located along plate boundaries?
Which volcanoes are located at hot spots
Do you find volcanoes at a hot spot?
Yes, it is not uncommon to find volcanoes at hot spots.
What do hot spots form?
flood basalts and volcanoes
Why do they have volcanoes?
Volcanoes form from either techtonic plates crashing together or from hot spots under the earth
What is an area such as that where the stray volcanoes are located called?
Areas where stray volcanoes are located are called 'Hot Spots' such as the volcanoes located on the Hawaian islands
What will eventually happen to the active volcanoes on island of Hawaii which is now over the hot spots?
Hawaii sits on the moving Pacific plate. Beneath it is a powerful hot spot. Eventually, the plates movement will carry the island of hawaii away from the hot spot.
