In geology, hotspots (or hot spots) are volcanic locales thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding...
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the Java programming language Screen hotspot, an area enabled for user interactivity on a display Hotspot (geology), an area of unusually high volcanic...
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The Yellowstone hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the United States responsible for large scale volcanism in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Wyoming...
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created by geological activity at tectonic plate boundaries, the Hawaiʻi hotspot is located far from plate boundaries. The classic hotspot theory, first...
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"Revised plate motions relative to the hotspots from combined Atlantic and Indian Ocean hotspot tracks". Geology. 21 (3): 275. Bibcode:1993Geo....21..275D...
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Yellowstone Caldera (category Hotspot volcanoes)
Carmacks Group". Geology. 24 (11): 997, 998. Bibcode:1996Geo....24..997J. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0997:YIYTLC>2.3.CO;2. "Yellowstone hotspot track". Lamont–Doherty...
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faults Hadean – Geologic eon, 4567–4031 million years ago Horst (geology) – Raised fault block bounded by normal faults Hotspot (geology) – Volcanic region...
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The Iceland hotspot is a hotspot which is partly responsible for the high volcanic activity which has formed the Iceland Plateau and the island of Iceland...
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Large igneous province (redirect from SLIP (geology))
create an antipodal hotspot. A second impact-related model of hotspot and LIP formation has been suggested in which minor hotspot volcanism was generated...
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triple junction, and Madeira along a range formed by in-plate hotspot geology. Geologically, these islands were formed by volcanic and seismic events. The...
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The Macdonald hotspot (also known as "Tubuai" or "Old Rurutu") is a volcanic hotspot in the southern Pacific Ocean. The hotspot was responsible for the...
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The Réunion hotspot is a volcanic hotspot which currently lies under the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. The Chagos-Laccadive Ridge and the southern...
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Timeline of volcanism on Earth (category Geology-related lists)
new super-eruptions from the Yellowstone hotspot track (USA): Is the Yellowstone hotspot waning?". Geology. 48 (9): 934–938. Bibcode:2020Geo....48..934K...
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The geology of the Maldives formed beginning 68 million years ago as a hotspot which produced the Deccan Traps in India. As India moved northward, the...
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East Australia hotspot (which is now believed by some scientists to represent multiple hotspots including a southwestern Cosgrove hotspot) is a volcanic...
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from the rest of Gondwana, the Indian Plate passed over a geologic hotspot, the Réunion hotspot, which caused extensive melting underneath the Indian Craton...
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seamount in the South Atlantic Ocean at 31°38' S 8°20' E. The Vema hotspot, a hotspot (geology) The Vema Fracture Zone a fracture zone in the equatorial Atlantic...
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Crustal structure of the West Antarctic rift system and Marie Byrd Land hotspot. Geology 32, 977–980 (2004). LeMasurier, W. E. Neogene extension and basin deepening...
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Hawaiian Islands (redirect from Geology of Hawaii)
the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, formed by volcanic activity over a hotspot in the Earth's mantle. The islands are about 1,860 miles (3,000 km) from...
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Hot springs. Deep Creek Hot Springs Hotspot (geology) Hydrothermal vents Earliest known life forms List of spa towns Mineral...
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The Galápagos hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the East Pacific Ocean responsible for the creation of the Galápagos Islands as well as three major aseismic...
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The Canary hotspot, also called the Canarian hotspot, is a hotspot and volcanically active region centred on the Canary Islands located off the north-western...
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The Bermuda hotspot is a supposed midplate hotspot swell in the Atlantic Ocean 500–1,000 km (310–620 mi) southeast of Bermuda, proposed to explain the...
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east. While most volcanoes are created by geological activity at tectonic plate boundaries, the Anahim hotspot is located hundreds of kilometres away from...
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Mantle plume (redirect from Antipodal hotspot)
reaching shallow depths, a plume is often invoked as the cause of volcanic hotspots, such as Hawaii or Iceland, and large igneous provinces such as the Deccan...
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Noronha hotspot is a hypothesized hotspot in the Atlantic Ocean. It has been proposed as the candidate source for volcanism in the Fernando de Noronha...
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hotspot is a volcanic hotspot located in the south-central Pacific Ocean. Over the past 11 million years, it has formed the Pitcairn-Gambier hotspot chain...
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In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass...
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50°12′N 6°42′E / 50.2°N 6.7°E / 50.2; 6.7 (Eifel hotspot) The Eifel hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in Western Germany. It is one of many recent volcanic...
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The geology of the Canary Islands is dominated by volcanoes and volcanic rock. The Canary Islands are a group of volcanic islands in the North Atlantic...
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