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    Hotspots are volcanic locales that are thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared to the surrounding mantle. They occur because of upwellings of abnormally hot rock from deep within the Earth's mantle. Hotspots are scientifically important because they provide insight into deep mantle geophysics and help explain geological phenomena like the formation of volcanic island chains and flood basalts.

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    Hotspots are volcanic locales that are thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared to the surrounding mantle. They occur because of upwellings of abnormally hot rock from deep within the Earth's mantle. Hotspots are scientifically important because they provide insight into deep mantle geophysics and help explain geological phenomena like the formation of volcanic island chains and flood basalts.

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    Hotspots are volcanic locales that are thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared to the surrounding mantle. They occur because of upwellings of abnormally hot rock from deep within the Earth's mantle. Hotspots are scientifically important because they provide insight into deep mantle geophysics and help explain geological phenomena like the formation of volcanic island chains and flood basalts.

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    HOTSPOTS

    In geology, hotspots (or hot spots) are volcanic locales thought to be fed by
    underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle.

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