Concept information
Preferred term
hot spot
Definition
- Hotspots (or hot spots) are volcanic locales thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle. A hotspot's position on the Earth's surface is independent of tectonic plate boundaries, and so hotspots may create a chain of volcanoes as the plates move above them. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotspot_(geology))
Broader concept
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/QX8-29WC1QSG-2
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