It is fed by the "Yellowstone Hotspot," where hot plumes of magma rise from deep within the Earth's mantle. In the last 2.1 million years, the complex has undergone three major caldera-forming ...
They are caused by a static source of magma, often away from plate margins. As the plate moves away from the hotspot, a new volcano island will form.
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