Does magma form in the lithosphere?

Magma is molten rock found below the earth's surface. The temperature at which a rock melts is affected by its composition, pressure and water. Learn how magma forms and how it either feeds volcanoes or cools and crystallizes into igneous rock. read more

Not usually, usually in the aesthenosphere, the layer between the lithosphere and the mantle. read more

The lithosphere does not rift or gap as it did with the mid-ocean ridges but moves over the stationary hot spot. One well-known example is where the Pacific plate slides over a hot spot and the resulting volcanoes form the Hawaiian Islands. read more