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Hot spots often have more fluid lava compared to volcanic arcs because the mantle plume beneath a hot spot is hotter, resulting in lower viscosity lava. This fluid lava allows it to flow more easily and create shield volcanoes with gentle slopes.
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Shield volcanoes are most likely to form over oceanic hot spots. These volcanoes have gentle slopes created by the flowing lava with low viscosity that forms thin layers over a wide area. Mauna Loa in Hawaii is an example of a shield volcano that formed over an oceanic hot spot.
All three rock types (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic) could be formed due to the presence of a hot spot or plume, although igneous rock would seem most obvious. Currently there is a debate occurring on the origin of so-called "hot spots". See related link below.
Hot lava
lava ozzing out of a vent which is a hot spot
The Type of Lava that is really, really hot and could kill lots of people
Pahoehoe lava
islands like Hawaii
Yes.
Hot spots often have more fluid lava compared to volcanic arcs because the mantle plume beneath a hot spot is hotter, resulting in lower viscosity lava. This fluid lava allows it to flow more easily and create shield volcanoes with gentle slopes.
lava
Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala typically produces andesitic lava when it flows. Andesitic lava is characterized by its intermediate viscosity and silica content, resulting in a mixture of smooth and blocky textures.
hot lava
Shield volcanoes are most likely to form over oceanic hot spots. These volcanoes have gentle slopes created by the flowing lava with low viscosity that forms thin layers over a wide area. Mauna Loa in Hawaii is an example of a shield volcano that formed over an oceanic hot spot.
The type of lava that flows from poas is color purple and it has hot pink streaks from the inner core. The lava is hot...