Plate Tectonics: The Grand Unifying Theory of Geology
Plate Tectonics: The Grand Unifying Theory of Geology
Plate Tectonics: The Grand Unifying Theory of Geology
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Hot Spots<br />
• Not all volcanoes on Earth are<br />
related to plate boundaries<br />
• Some occur at hot spots;<br />
locations where hot molten<br />
rock rises through tectonic<br />
plates<br />
• Hot spots arise from hot mantle<br />
plumes that are stationary<br />
through time and buoyantly rise<br />
to through the crust, e.g.<br />
Hawaii, and Yellowstone<br />
(hot spot animation)