Why are there volcanoes on an island that isn't near any tectonic boundaries?
Monday, November 28, 2016 - 14:31
in Earth & Climate
Madagascar, the big island off the east coast of Africa with the lemurs and baobabs, is thought to be sitting in the middle of an old tectonic plate, and so, by the rules of plate tectonics, should be tectonically quiet: few earthquakes and no volcanoes.