Talk:Island arc

Article based on English Wikipedia

This article or parts of it were created based, in whole or in part, on this version of the English Wikipedia article. The complete history of the article can be found there. Macdonald-ross (talk) 16:32, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

Hotspots vs island arcs

I have found that this article discusses two topics which are distinct. From what I've read, "island arc" properly means the series of volcanoes that form at a subduction zone, when an oceanic plate goes beneath another plate. It doesn't need a hotspot, it only needs a plate boundary. This applies to all the volcanoes of the Pacific Ring of Fire. On the other hand, the Hawaiian islands are nowhere near a plate boundary and only exist because of a hotspot. https://opengeology.org/textbook/2-plate-tectonics/ Lights and freedom (talk) 20:04, 16 November 2022 (UTC)