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What is Mauna Loa's plate type?
hot spot
Does mauna loa lay on a plate?
No
What plate is located on Mauna Loa?
The Pacific Plate
Is what boundary is the Mauna Loa Volcano located on?
Mauna Loa is not located on a plate boundary. Mauna Loa is caused by a stationary hot spot in the Earth's mantle.
What plates cause Mauna Loa to erupt?
Mauna Loa is on the Pacific Plate. It is not near any other plates.
Does Mauna Loa have block lava?
What type of magma is produced in mauna loa?
What boundary is the mauna loa on?
If we consult a map showing tectonic plates, we can see that Mauna Loa is on the Pacific plate. The general rule is that volcanic activity usually appears along plate boundaries, but Mauna Loa and the Hawaiian Islands sit on what is called a hot spot in approximately the middle of Pacific plate.
What is happening to the plates that form Mauna Loa?
The tectonic plate that Mauna Loa sits on is moving northwestward over a hot spot in the Earth's mantle, creating a chain of volcanic islands in the Hawaiian archipelago. As the plate moves, new lava erupts on Mauna Loa, adding to its size and height. The volcano periodically erupts, releasing pressure from the magma chamber beneath it.
Mauna loa's plate boundary?
It's on a hot spot, not a plate boundary.
What type of eruption does Mauna Loa have?
oozing
What hotspot is mauna loa on?
Mauna Loa is on a hotspot known as the Hawaiian hotspot. This hotspot is responsible for the formation of the Hawaiian Islands, including Mauna Loa, due to the movement of the Pacific tectonic plate over a stationary mantle plume.
What type of lava formed mauna loa?
ACTIVE
