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definition of a hot-spot volcanoes

Answer 1

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In geology, a hotspot is an area of the Earth’s mantle from which hot plumes rise upward, forming volcanoes on the overlying crust. Samoa is composed of a linear chain of volcanic islands situated atop the Pacific tectonic plate.

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Answer 2

A hot spot is an area on Earth that exists over a mantle plume. A mantle plume is an area under the rocky outer layer of Earth, called the crust, where magma is hotter than surrounding magma. Hot spot volcanoes occur far from plate boundaries.