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The concurrent emergence and causes of double volcanic hotspot tracks on the Pacific plate

Author:
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:
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