Easter hotspot
E92344
The Easter hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the southeastern Pacific Ocean responsible for creating Easter Island and nearby seamount chains through long-term mantle plume activity.
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mantle plume
→
volcanic hotspot → |
| activityDuration | long-term geological timescales → |
| associatedWith |
Easter Island volcanic complex
→
surface form: "Easter Island volcanic province"
Easter fracture zone → Easter microplate region → |
| cause |
seamount formation
→
volcanic island formation → |
| crustType | oceanic crust → |
| formationMechanism | upwelling of hot mantle material → |
| geologicalProcess | intraplate volcanism → |
| heatSource | mantle plume → |
| locatedIn |
Southeastern Pacific Ocean
→
surface form: "southeastern Pacific Ocean"
|
| locatedOn | Pacific Plate → |
| namedAfter | Easter Island → |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean → |
| plateMotionRelativeToHotspot | Pacific Plate moving over relatively stationary plume → |
| produced | oceanic island basalt → |
| region | southeast Pacific → |
| relatedConcept |
hotspot track
→
intraplate seamount chains → mantle plume theory → |
| responsibleFor |
Easter Island
→
Easter Seamount Chain → nearby seamount chains → |
| tectonicSetting |
Pacific Ocean
→
surface form: "Pacific Ocean basin"
|
| volcanismType | hotspot volcanism → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.