Hot spots
- Created by: Ella_Richardson
- Created on: 29-01-17 13:25
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- hot spots
- where plumes of magma are rising from the asthenospher
- not necessarily near a margin
- weak crust= volcanic eruption
- build up of lava= volcanic island
- CASE STUDY
- Hawaiian Islands
- volcanic islands
- As the pacific plate has moved north, the volcanoes have too
- earthquakes
- movement of the Pacific plate across the islands is not smooth
- Hawaiian Islands
- where plumes of magma are rising from the asthenospher
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