Plate loss gave chain of Pacific islands, seamounts a kink: shift in mantle flow repositioned hot magma plume responsible for Hawaiian archipelago

Authors :: Sumner, Thomas
Source :: Science News. May 2, 2015, p15, 1 p.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: The disappearance of a tectonic plate into Earth's interior maybe responsible for the distinctive bend in the chain of underwater mountains and islands that includes the Hawaiian archipelago. A reconstruction [...]

Subjects :: Hawaii -- Natural history
Pacific Ocean -- Natural history
Mantle plumes -- Research
Plate tectonics -- Research
Geological research
Earth -- Mantle
Seamounts -- Research
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