When Hotspots and Seafloor Spreading Centers Coincide
Channel: Earth Rocks!
Date: 01/12/2017

For an introductory college-level earth sciences class: a review of hotspots that are next to or on top of seafloor spreading centers, specifically in Iceland and the Galápagos Islands.  

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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.

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