Galápagos hotspot
The Galápagos hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the East Pacific Ocean responsible for the creation of the Galapagos Islands as well as three major aseismic ridge systems, Carnegie, Cocos and Malpelso which are on two tectonic plates. The hotspot is located near the Equator on the Nazca Plate not far from the divergent plate boundary with the Cocos Plate. The tectonic setting of the hotspot is complicated by the Galapagos Triple Junction of the Nazca and Cocos plates with the Pacific Plate. The movement of the plates over the hotspot is determined not solely by the spreading along the ridge but also by the relative motion between the Pacific Plate and the Cocos and Nazca Plates.
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Galápagos hotspot
The Galápagos hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the East Pacific Ocean responsible for the creation of the Galapagos Islands as well as three major aseismic ridge systems, Carnegie, Cocos and Malpelso which are on two tectonic plates. The hotspot is located near the Equator on the Nazca Plate not far from the divergent plate boundary with the Cocos Plate. The tectonic setting of the hotspot is complicated by the Galapagos Triple Junction of the Nazca and Cocos plates with the Pacific Plate. The movement of the plates over the hotspot is determined not solely by the spreading along the ridge but also by the relative motion between the Pacific Plate and the Cocos and Nazca Plates.
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45xCe modèle est-il pertinent ...... l'archipel des îles Galápagos.
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La falla de Galápagos es un pu ...... cas se convergen extrañamente.
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The Galápagos hotspot is a vol ...... he Galapagos Spreading Centre.
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Galapagos Bathymetry by William Chadwick, University of Oregon
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45xCe modèle est-il pertinent ...... l'archipel des îles Galápagos.
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La falla de Galápagos es un pu ...... placas se convergen extrañamen
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The Galápagos hotspot is a vol ...... nd the Cocos and Nazca Plates.
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Galápagos hotspot
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Point chaud des Galápagos
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Punto caliente de Galápagos
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