Galápagos hotspot

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geological feature mantle plume volcanic hotspot

The Galápagos hotspot is a volcanic mantle plume beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean responsible for creating the Galápagos Islands and associated seafloor features through long-term hotspot volcanism.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Galápagos hotspot canonical 3
Galápagos hotspot volcanic system 1
Galápagos mantle plume 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological feature ⓘ
mantle plume ⓘ
volcanic hotspot ⓘ
ageProgressionPattern volcanic islands become older away from the hotspot center ⓘ
associatedWith Carnegie Ridge ⓘ
Cocos Ridge ⓘ
Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Galápagos Spreading Center ⓘ
Galápagos plume-ridge interaction ⓘ
Wolf–Darwin Lineament ⓘ
countryClosestTo Ecuador ⓘ
creates oceanic islands ⓘ
seamount chains ⓘ
shield volcanoes ⓘ
discoveredBy geophysical and geological studies in the 20th century ⓘ
geologicalProcess hotspot volcanism ⓘ
hasEvidenceFrom bathymetric mapping of seafloor features ⓘ
geochemical signatures of basalts ⓘ
seismic tomography ⓘ
heatSource upwelling mantle plume ⓘ
influences crustal thickness near the Galápagos Spreading Center ⓘ
morphology of the Galápagos Archipelago ⓘ
regional mantle flow beneath the eastern Pacific ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedNear Galápagos Islands ⓘ
locatedOn Nazca Plate ⓘ
olderIslandsLocated eastern Galápagos Islands ⓘ
plateInteraction Cocos Plate ⓘ
Nazca Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
relatedConcept hotspot track ⓘ
mantle plume theory ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
responsibleFor formation of Galápagos seamounts ⓘ
formation of submarine plateaus near the Galápagos Islands ⓘ
formation of the Galápagos Islands ⓘ
studiedFor evolution of hotspot tracks ⓘ
mantle dynamics ⓘ
ocean island basalt geochemistry ⓘ
plume–ridge interaction ⓘ
supports long-lived mantle plume hypothesis ⓘ
tectonicSetting Nazca Plate ⓘ
surface form: Nazca Plate–Cocos Plate region

near a mid-ocean ridge ⓘ
timeScale active for millions of years ⓘ
volcanismType intraplate volcanism ⓘ
oceanic hotspot volcanism ⓘ
youngerIslandsLocated western Galápagos Islands ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cocos Ridge → relatedTo → Galápagos hotspot ⓘ
Volcán Wolf → geologicalSetting → Galápagos hotspot ⓘ
Marchena Island → isPartOf → Galápagos hotspot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galápagos hotspot volcanic system
Galápagos plume track → formedBy → Galápagos hotspot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galápagos mantle plume
Galápagos plume track → relatedTo → Galápagos hotspot ⓘ
Terevaka summit → volcanicArcOrBelt → Galápagos hotspot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nazca Plate hotspot region