What are the societal benefits of investing in research on volcanic hazards and geothermal energy resources associated with hotspots?

Feb 7, 2013 ... INTRODUCTION. In the framework of the hotspot concept, intraplate volcanism is typically related to stationary melting sources. Oct 23, 2024 ... A global study of lavas from volcanic hot spots suggests that contrary to accepted wisdom, Earth's deep mantle may have the same composition ... It is a type of unique volcanism because most frequently volcanoes develop in the boundaries of tectonic plaques. The best well known examples of hotspot ... Feb 6, 2025 ... It is a spreading plate margin volcano as well as a hotspot volcano. Volcanic hazards. Volcanic hazards include explosions, lava flows, bombs or ... Dec 5, 2022 ... A line of volcanic activity stretching from the Columbia Plateau of eastern Oregon and Washington all the way to the Yellowstone Plateau at the intersection of ... Cabo Verde · Cape Verde Hotspot Volcano Group · Composite | Stratovolcano · Pleistocene. Although most volcanic rocks are generated at plate boundaries, there are a few exceptionally active sites of volcanism within the plate interiors. These ... Sep 1, 2009 ... Occasionally volcanoes can form right in the middle of a plate. These so-called “hotspot” volcanoes are created when a narrow stream of hot ... Hotspots at the seafloor create subsea volcanoes; building upward, they ultimately become volcanic islands. Hotspots are stationary but the crusts above them ... Sep 5, 2013 ... image: This is a map view of seismic shear-wave speed in the earth's upper mantle, highlighting the slow wave-speed channels (warm colors) ...