 | Mike Ridout, Wendy Keeling - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2002 - 542 pages
...called a 'hot spot'. A shield volcano will be formed like those on Hawaii. At a constructive margin where two plates are moving apart new magma can reach...submarine mountain range called an ocean ridge, eg Mid-Atlantic ridge. Sometimes destructive margins involve contine Instead of forming islan volcanoes... | |
 | Simon Ross - Natural disasters - 1998 - 102 pages
...spot'. A shield volcano will be formed. Hawaii Where two plates are moving Sometimes destructive margins apart, new magma can reach the surface through the...a submarine mountain range called an ocean ridge. Mid-Atlantic ridge involve continents. Instead of forming islands, volcanoes occur within a range of... | |
 | David Payne, Sue Jennings - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2002 - 272 pages
...able to escape to the surface. Such a place is called a 'hot spot'. Magma At a constructive margin where two plates are moving apart new magma can reach...submarine mountain range called an ocean ridge, eg Mid-Atlantic ridge. - Different types of volcano) What is the volcanic hazard? The actual lava flow... | |
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In places where a plate is particularly thin magma may be able to escape to the surface. Such a place is called a 'hot spot'. 