Hotspots

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For an introductory college-level earth sciences class: a review of hotspots, including how they form and how we use the tracks of extinct volcanoes they leave behind as evidence to better understand the processes underlying plate tectonics. • **This video comes at the start of the semester. For a full playlist, refer to the Oceanography or Geology playlists on the Earth Rocks! YouTube Channel. • Content within this video is based on information available in any standard introductory college oceanography or geology textbook, such as Essentials of Oceanography -- Trujillo and Thurman -- OR Essentials of Geology -- Tarbuck and Lutgens -- Pearson Publishing. • Part of a 7-part Plate Tectonics video series: • Part 1: Earth Layers Isostasy • Part 2: Plate Tectonics Basics • Part 3: Plate Tectonics Global Impacts • Part 4: Plate Tectonics and California Geology • Part 5: Hotspots • Part 6: Paleomagnetism • Part 7: Hydrothermal Vents • If you are an earth science enthusiast and would like to support our ongoing video development and engage with us behind the scenes... • Or if you are a student and would like access to interactive lessons built around these videos... • you can do so by JOINING the Earth Rocks! YouTube Channel: • / @earthrocks . • Thank you!

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