Azores hotspot
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The Azores hotspot is a volcanic mantle plume beneath the North Atlantic Ocean that has created the Azores archipelago and surrounding seafloor features through long-term magmatic activity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Azores hotspot canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mantle plume
ⓘ
volcanic hotspot ⓘ |
| activityStatus | active ⓘ |
| age | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Corvo Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Faial Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Flores Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Graciosa Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Pico Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Maria Island NERFINISHED ⓘ São Jorge Island NERFINISHED ⓘ São Miguel Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Terceira Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Terceira Rift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causes |
crustal thickening beneath Azores
ⓘ
linear volcanic ridges ⓘ |
| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| creates |
Azores archipelago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
oceanic islands ⓘ oceanic plateaus ⓘ seamounts ⓘ |
| geologicalProcess |
intraplate volcanism
ⓘ
mantle upwelling ⓘ seafloor volcanism ⓘ |
| hasEvidence |
geochemical isotopic signatures
ⓘ
gravity anomalies ⓘ seismic tomography anomalies ⓘ |
| heatFlow | elevated ⓘ |
| influences |
North Atlantic bathymetry
ⓘ
North Atlantic seafloor topography ⓘ regional mantle composition ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Azores archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ocean | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| region | Macaronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Canary hotspot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iceland hotspot ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
geophysics
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ volcanology ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
African Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Azores Triple Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ Mid-Atlantic Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ North American Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| volcanismType |
alkaline volcanism
ⓘ
basaltic volcanism ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.