What is the Deccan Traps, and what is its potential connection to a hotspot?

A volcanic "hotspot" is an area in the mantle from which heat rises as a thermal plume from deep in the Earth. High heat and lower pressure at the base of the ... 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 ... The Hawaiian Islands are the youngest volcanic mountains in a long chain of volcanoes that formed over a hotspot. They are still forming today. Another hot spot ... Sep 23, 2019 ... ... hotspot volcanic ash and fluxes into the Pacific Ocean. Open Access ... Our data show that volcanic ash from both subduction zone and hot spot ... The hotspot is fixed, so as the plates move, the first volcano moves away from the source of magma, and then becomes extinct. A new volcano forms over the ... Hotspots at the seafloor create subsea volcanoes; building upward, they ultimately become volcanic islands. Hotspots are stationary but the crusts above them ... ... hotspot volcanoes, Earth Plan. Sci. Lett., 60, 195–206. Article Google ... (1991) Volcano spacing and plate rigidity, Geology, 19, 397–400. Article ... A 30 foot slice of volcano looks like most other rocky terrain. Unless it ... hotspot, volcanoes would form. They would build enormous shield-shaped ... Sep 5, 2013 ... Scientists at UC Berkeley have detected previously unknown channels of slow-moving seismic waves in Earth's upper mantle, a discovery that helps ... Jan 1, 2020 ... We examine swell bathymetry and island drowning at 14 hotspots and find a correspondence between island lifespan and residence time atop swell bathymetry.