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The Eifel hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in Western Germany. It is one of many recent volcanic formations in and around the Eifel mountain range and includes the volcanic field known as Volcanic Eifel. Although the last eruption occurred around 10,000 years ago, the presence of escaping volcanic gases in the region indicates that it is still weakly active.

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  • The Eifel hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in Western Germany. It is one of many recent volcanic formations in and around the Eifel mountain range and includes the volcanic field known as Volcanic Eifel. Although the last eruption occurred around 10,000 years ago, the presence of escaping volcanic gases in the region indicates that it is still weakly active. There are two competing theories concerning the origin of volcanic activity in the area. The conventional view is that the province is underlain by a mantle plume. Support for a plume origin includes petrological, geochemical, and isotopic evidence indicating a deep-mantle source, seismic anomalies in the upper and lower mantle, and geodetic evidence of large-scale uplift and extension which suggests a buoyant plume. Recently, some scientists have highlighted that certain characteristics associated with mantle plumes such as precursory uplift, time-progressive volcanism, and continuity between seismic anomalies in the upper and lower mantle are lacking. They have thus argued instead for a tectonic origin consisting of passive melting due to lithospheric and crustal extension and shallow convective processes involving the ongoing subduction of the Eurasian Plate as part of the Alpine orogeny. (en)
  • Il punto caldo dell'Eifel (50°12′N 6°42′E / 50.2°N 6.7°E) è un punto caldo vulcanico situato nella Germania occidentale, ed in particolare nella Renania Settentrionale-Vestfalia, da cui deriva tutta l'attività vulcanica che ha portato alla formazione dei vulcani di questa regione e di tutta l'Europa nord occidentale.Si ritiene che questo punto caldo sia all'origine della formazione dell'altopiano tedesco dell'Eifel, come dimostrato in particolar modo da alcune sue zone, come il denominato (in tedesco: Vulkaneifel). (it)
  • Eifelhetfläcken är en hetfläck i västra Tyskland . Denna hetfläcken antas vara orsaken till många relativt nya vulkanformationer i och omkring bergskedjan Eifel, särskilt det området som kallas Vulkaneifel. Även om det senaste utbrottet inträffade för omkring 10 000 år sedan indikerar närvaron av vulkaniska gaser i regionen att området fortfarande är aktivt, även om det är svagt. (sv)
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  • Il punto caldo dell'Eifel (50°12′N 6°42′E / 50.2°N 6.7°E) è un punto caldo vulcanico situato nella Germania occidentale, ed in particolare nella Renania Settentrionale-Vestfalia, da cui deriva tutta l'attività vulcanica che ha portato alla formazione dei vulcani di questa regione e di tutta l'Europa nord occidentale.Si ritiene che questo punto caldo sia all'origine della formazione dell'altopiano tedesco dell'Eifel, come dimostrato in particolar modo da alcune sue zone, come il denominato (in tedesco: Vulkaneifel). (it)
  • Eifelhetfläcken är en hetfläck i västra Tyskland . Denna hetfläcken antas vara orsaken till många relativt nya vulkanformationer i och omkring bergskedjan Eifel, särskilt det området som kallas Vulkaneifel. Även om det senaste utbrottet inträffade för omkring 10 000 år sedan indikerar närvaron av vulkaniska gaser i regionen att området fortfarande är aktivt, även om det är svagt. (sv)
  • The Eifel hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in Western Germany. It is one of many recent volcanic formations in and around the Eifel mountain range and includes the volcanic field known as Volcanic Eifel. Although the last eruption occurred around 10,000 years ago, the presence of escaping volcanic gases in the region indicates that it is still weakly active. (en)
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  • Eifel hotspot (en)
  • Punto caldo dell'Eifel (it)
  • Eifelhetfläcken (sv)
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