The Galápagos hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the East Pacific Ocean responsible for the creation of the Galápagos Islands as well as three major aseismic...

the fact that many are not time-progressive (e.g. the Galápagos) and by the fact that hotspots do not appear to be fixed relative to one another (e.g...

The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator 900 km (560 mi)...

third-largest, and youngest, island of the Galápagos Islands. Like the others, the island was formed by the Galápagos hotspot. The island has an active shield volcano...

in the Galápagos combined. One of the youngest islands, Isabela is located on the western edge of the archipelago near the Galápagos hotspot. At approximately...

the other islands in the chain. The Galápagos Islands are perched on a large lava plateau known as the Galápagos Platform. This platform creates a shallow...

Plate. The volcanically active Galapagos Islands exist on the Galápagos hotspot above the Galapagos Rise. The Galapagos Microplate is a small separate...

of 4 million km3 (0.96 million cu mi). It has been linked to the Galápagos hotspot. Divergence between the North American and South American Plates began...

The Galápagos Islands xeric scrub, also known as the Galápagos Islands scrubland mosaic, is a terrestrial deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion that covers...

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create an antipodal hotspot. A second impact-related model of hotspot and LIP formation has been suggested in which minor hotspot volcanism was generated...

since its formation. Like the other islands, it was formed by the Galápagos hotspot. The island is an active shield volcano that has most recently erupted...

complex interaction between the Cocos-Nazca Spreading Centre and the Galápagos hotspot. Malpelo Island was presumably isolated from human contact prior to...

biodiversity hotspot, which includes the tropical moist forests and tropical dry forests of the Pacific coast of South America and the Galapagos Islands....

"Discovery of two new super-eruptions from the Yellowstone hotspot track (USA): Is the Yellowstone hotspot waning?". Geology. 48 (9): 934–938. Bibcode:2020Geo...

reaching shallow depths, a plume is often invoked as the cause of volcanic hotspots, such as Hawaii or Iceland, and large igneous provinces such as the Deccan...

hotspot under the Galapagos Islands lies along the Galapagos Rise. (see Galapagos hotspot and Galapagos Microplate) The Rivera Plate north of the Cocos Plate...

Octopus oculifer, also known as the Galápagos octopus, is a species of octopus endemic to the coast of the Galápagos, and has been identified in the Revillagigedos...

of the Galápagos Islands List of volcanoes in Ecuador Mouginis-Mark, P. J.; Rowland, S. K.; Garbeil, H. (1996). "Slopes of western Galapagos volcanoes...

boundary of the Galapagos Microplate. At that time, the southern boundary of the microplate was then starting to form by an active hotspot located beneath...

other volcanoes in the Galapagos, has been formed as part of the Galapagos hotspot which is a mantle plume resulting in a hotspot. The volcano is not directly...

Pacific Ocean tens of millions of years ago, perhaps originating at the Galapagos Hotspot. As the Atlantic Ocean widened, North America and South America were...

tectonic plates above stationary hotspots would form islands in a linear chain, with the islands further away from the hotspot being progressively older and...

Igneous Province (now the Caribbean Plate), which had formed from the Galápagos hotspot in the Pacific in the latest Cretaceous, was moving eastward as the...

Islands. it is speculated[according to whom?] that the present day Iceland hotspot originated as a mantle plume on the Alpha Ridge (Arctic Ocean) ca. 130–120 Ma...

Hydrothermal vents support a great variety of organisms, such as these giant tube worms near the Galápagos hotspot, and may have been where life originated....

(2005). "Seismic structure of the Carnegie ridge and the nature of the Galápagos hotspot" (PDF). Geophysical Journal International. 161 (3): 763–788. Bibcode:2005GeoJI...

Indonesian Archipelago, the Aleutian Islands, the Lakshadweep Islands, the Galápagos Islands, the Japanese archipelago, the Philippine Archipelago, the Maldives...

exclusive economic zone of 1,077,231 km2 (415,921 sq mi) which includes the Galápagos Islands. The five largest cities in the country are Quito (2.78 million...

many endemic species are found on remote islands, such as Hawaii, the Galápagos Islands and Socotra. Populations on an island are isolated, with little...