what type of movement is responsible fo0r the formation of the hawaiian islands
The Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanic activity. The Hawaiian Emperor seamount chain is a well-known example of a large seamount and island chain created by hot-spot volcanism. Each island or submerged seamount in the chain is successively older toward the northwest.olcanoes can also form in the middle of a plate, where magma rises upward until it erupts on the sea floor, at what is called a âhot spot.â. The Hawaiian Islands were formed by such a hot spot occurring in the middle of the Pacific Plate. While the hot spot itself is fixed, the plate is moving.