The concurrent emergence and causes of double volcanic hotspot tracks on the Pacific plate
- Author:
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Jones, T. D., Davies, D. R., Campbell, I. H., Iaffaldano, G., Yaxley, G., Kramer, S. C., Wilson, C. R.
- Title:
- The concurrent emergence and causes of double volcanic hotspot tracks on the Pacific plate
- Periodical:
- Nature
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 545
- Pages:
- 12
- Subject:
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Mauna Kea volcano
Mauna Loa Volcano
Volcanism
Magmatic differentiation
- Summary:
- Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa have been formed over the same hot spot along the Hawaiian-Emperor chain yet the two volcanoes have very different compositions. The authors try to explain this by develping a model that simulates what's happening in the mantle beneath the crust. They concluded that about three million years ago the plates above the hot spot shifted direction and separated magma zones that fed the volcanoes individually.
- Label:
- Geology
- Date:
- May 4, 2017
- Collection:
- Periodicals