What do you mean by 'Hot Spot ' in the earth crust? Explain their development .
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answer:Hot Spot. A hot spot is an area on Earth over a mantle plume or an area under the rocky outer layer of Earth, called the crust, where magma is hotter than surrounding magma. ... While most volcanoes form along tectonic plate boundaries, mantle plumes and hot spots lead to their development as well.Apr 5, 2019
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A hot spot is an intensely hot area in the mantle below the Earth's crust. ... This heat causes the mantle in that region to melt. The molten magma rises up and breaks through the crustto form a volcano. While the hot spotstays in one place, rooted to its deep source of heat, the tectonic plate is slowly moving above it.
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