Are hotspot volcanoes generally more or less explosive than subduction zone volcanoes?

Part of the Cutting Edge collection. The NAGT/DLESE On the Cutting Edge project helps geoscience faculty stay up-to-date with both geoscience research and ... ... volcanism that is trailed by an age-progressive hotspot volcano chain. However, a range of observations call for significant extensions to classical theory ... Jan 30, 2025 ... Instead, the Hawaiian Islands are what's called a volcanic hotspot. A single point where volcanoes form. The giveaway is that as you move from ... Shield volcanoes are built almost entirely of low viscosity (very thin, liquidity) fluid lava flows. Flow after flow pours out in all directions from a central ... La Grille, Unknown - Evidence Credible, Comoros Hotspot Volcano Group, Shield ; Karthala, 2007 CE, Comoros Hotspot Volcano Group, Shield ... Volcanic Hot Spots - A volcanic hot spot is an area in the mantle from which heat rises as a thermal plume from deep in the Earth. Jun 9, 2024 ... The places known as hotspots or hot spots are volcanic regions thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding ... Jul 3, 2016 ... The volcanoes of Hawaii, Iceland, the Galapagos and Yellowstone form from plumes of mantle beneath the surface, making them hotspot volcanoes. The Hawaiian volcanic hotspot and its possible origin in Northern Australia beginning with the eruptions of Cambrian Antrim flood basalts. Apr 20, 2023 ... Hotspot volcanoes can generate a remarkably large amount of lava. They are also fundamental in Earth's evolution and atmosphere. However, our ...