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Towards a better understanding of hot spot volcanism

Researchers from the IRD and the University of Chile investigated the phenomena that led to the recent activity of seven hot spots located in the central Pacific. Numerical mechanical models showed that variations in movement of the Pacific plate, generating shearing stresses within it, could facilitate the rise of magma towards the surface. This discovery, if corroborated, would indicate that the formation of certain hot spots depended on the movement of the tectonic plates.

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