A rapid burst in hotspot motion through the interaction of tectonics and deep mantle flow

Rakib Hassan (), R. Dietmar Müller, Michael Gurnis, Simon E. Williams and Nicolas Flament
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Rakib Hassan: EarthByte Group, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney
R. Dietmar Müller: EarthByte Group, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney
Michael Gurnis: Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Simon E. Williams: EarthByte Group, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney
Nicolas Flament: EarthByte Group, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney

Nature, 2016, vol. 533, issue 7602, 239-242

Abstract: Models of thermochemical convection reveal flow patterns in the deep lower mantle under the north Pacific since 100 million years ago that explain how the enigmatic bend in the Hawaiian–Emperor hotspot track arose.

Date: 2016
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