In geology, a hotspot is a location on the Earth's surface that has experienced active volcanism for a long period of time. Hotspots were thought to be caused by a narrow stream of hot mantle ...

Jan. 7, 2021 — The Yellowstone hotspot is well known for generating supereruptions in the geologic past that are far more explosive than historic examples. The origin and sustained longevity of ...

It covers over 8,000 square miles, the largest eruption documented from the Yellowstone hotspot. It was also the hottest, with emplacement temperatures estimated to have been 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit.

'Hopping' marine hotspots linked to geology. Friday, 1 August 2008 ABC. ... And they say the next global hotspot, in 25 million years or so, is likely to be off southern or eastern Australia.

Ranking right up there in the Things People Worry About is the potential for a cataclysmic super-eruption of the Yellowstone hotspot. According to a new study, however, the volcanic region may ...

Now, in a study published in Geology, researchers have announced the discovery of two newly identified super-eruptions associated with the Yellowstone hotspot track, including what they believe ...

A hotspot that now lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean was once under the Great Lakes, and may explain why they formed where they did. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Geology North America's 'broken heart': ... Seismic data from the 2011 Virginia earthquake suggest a possible hotspot track between Missouri and Virginia.

Boulder, Colo., USA: In their study published in Lithosphere this week, James Kessler and colleagues examine the geology of a scientific borehole drilled into the Snake River Plain, Idaho, USA, to ...

The most well-known geologic hotspot is the Hawaiian Islands, where the movement of the Pacific plate has left a chain of islands, atolls, and seamounts more than 3,700 miles long.

Large explosive eruptions occur in Yellowstone around once every 700,000 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

During the trip, research scientists and students will test a hypothesis to see if a place on Earth that is currently creating volcanoes, called the Marquesas hotspot, has been active for 145 ...