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 ...

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 ...

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 new study on Australian volcanoes has changed what we know about explosive ‘hotspot’ volcanism ... Scientists just revealed the most detailed geological model of Earth's past 100 million years.

'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.

Seismic data from the 2011 Virginia earthquake suggest a possible hotspot track between Missouri and Virginia. ... Chu and his colleagues found no other geologic connections to the hotspot.

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 ...

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 ...

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.