What is volcanic smog (vog), and what are its health effects in hotspot regions?

hotspot ... hotspot, region of Earth's upper mantle that upwells to melt through the crust to form a volcanic feature. Most volcanoes that cannot be ascribed ... In an oceanic hotspot environment, for example Hawaii, dark, silica-poor basalt magma is produced. The runny basalt forms broad sloping shield volcanoes (Fig. 6) ... La Grille, Unknown - Evidence Credible, Comoros Hotspot Volcano Group, Shield ; Karthala, 2007 CE, Comoros Hotspot Volcano Group, Shield ... Jan 1, 2020 ... Island lifetime depends on the rate and magnitude of island subsidence, which, in turn, depends on the dynamics of the oceanic lithosphere and ... 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) ... 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 ... May 25, 2017 ... Abstract. Mantle plumes are buoyant upwellings of hot rock that transport heat from Earth's core to its surface, generating anomalous regions of ... Jul 27, 2015 ... Scientists from Kiel find explanation for geochemically distinct parallel tracks of volcanoes formed by the same volcanic hotspot. May 10, 1995 ... Here we show that recent estimates for the volume of hotspot volcanism and the size of the swell suggest a shared origin: swell relief is ... Hot-spot volcanism. Volcanoes can also form above a column of superheated magma called a mantle plume. This may happen in areas that are distant from plate ...