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HOT SPOT. Lesson Overview Hot Spot Theory Shield Volcanoes Generalized Eruption Volcanic Features Chaos Theory. Hot Spot. Theory.
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Lesson Overview Hot Spot Theory Shield Volcanoes Generalized Eruption Volcanic Features Chaos Theory
Hot Spot Theory
“The big conclusion from our Leg is that the Hawaiian hotspot was moving south at a fairly high velocity in the period of Emperor Seamount production about 80 to 45 million years ago Then the hotspot stopped moving and plate motion took over, creating the Hawaiian-Emperor bend.”
Tholeiitic Basalt weathered olivine
Shield building tholeiitic stage Pre-shield alkalic stage
Capping stage alkalic basalt Shield building tholeiitic stage Pre-shield alkalic stage
Capping stage alkalic basalt Shield building tholeiitic stage Pre-shield alkalic stage
120o 120o 120o Ideally equally spaced
Alkali basalt (14o) Haleakala’s south slope Tholeiitic basalt (9o)
Mauna Kea alkalic cap
Hualalai Muana Loa Kilauea view