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Course Home /myd/mastering#/assignment/1403689 ckboard Learn @a Mail, peng. Yan-Ou xx x Q Chapter 2 . Plate Tecton x: MyjCC Jamestown ge User Login ? ????, A Guys & Girls Clothes New Look-woren. ???? 4 Landry Room - L MasteringGeology MasteringOceanography: Chapter 5 - Google Chrome 2 Secure https:/session.masteringgeology.com/myct/itemView?assignment ProblemID-7728699 The volcanoes of the Hawaiian Island chain are some of the largest on Earth. These volcanoes are formed by a hot spot in the mantle and can be much larger than volcanoes that form at plate boundaries. However, they are much smaller than the volcanoes on Mars. It's thought that the volcanoes on Mars are, like the Hawalian Islands, produced by hot spots within the mantle. The fact that we see only one enormous volcano on Mars instead of a chain of volcanoes like the Hawaiïian Islands tells us that plate tectonic processes function differently on Mars than on Earth. There is evidence of plates on the surface of Mars, but they may react differently than the plates on Earth. onics Hypot Part A-Volcano Formation and Plate Tectonics ? that form over mantle plumes such as the Hawaian chain are some of the largest on Earth. The chain of volcanoes forms as the Pacific plate moves ume. However, several volcanoes on Mars are gigantic compared to those on Earth. And they are solitary, not part of a chain. What does this difference tell us about how, or if, plate tectonics operates on Mars? Explain. Answer this question with a short essay. View Available Hint(s) oice) Essay answers are limited to about 500 words (3800characters maximum, ncluding spacos) 3800 Character(s) remaining - The e)Explanation / Answer
Mars does not have any long mountain chain, or a series of mountain chain like the Earth, this is an evidence that like earth, the Mars does not show any tectonic activity. Solitary, large volcanic cones and also shield volcanos are found in the surface of the Mars. So, Mars volcanos are related or quite similar to the terrestrial intra plate volcanos, rather than volcanos in MOR or sudduction zones. Mars volcanos are also made up of basaltic magmas, but generally they are massive because here no movement of the crust is associated like the hotspot magmatism, so huge lava piles move up and accumulate in one place forming huge volcanos. Basaltic magmas here are capable of erupting huge quantities of ash and may have Pinian style eruptions. In such kind of eruption, huge amount of ash is incorporate into the atmosphere, then forms huge convective clouds. Such atmosphere can lead to collapse and formation of pyroclastic flows. These kind of phenomenon are rare in Earth. The tallest volcano on Mars is Olympus Mons, 550 km, across and 21 km. high.