Hotspot motion caused the Hawaiian-Emperor Bend and LLSVPs are not fixed

Richard K. Bono; John A. Tarduno; Hans-Peter Bunge

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11314-6

Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Hotspot motion caused the Hawaiian-Emperor Bend and LLSVPs are not fixed

Richard K. Bono,
John A. Tarduno,
Hans-Peter Bunge

Affiliations

Richard K. Bono: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester
John A. Tarduno: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester
Hans-Peter Bunge: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (Geophysics), Ludwig-Maximilians-University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11314-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Controversy surrounds the fixity of both hotspots and large low shear velocity provinces (LLSVPs). Here, the authors present new paleomagnetic data to show that the great bend in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain can be attributed to mantle plume motion and that LLSVPs are mobile.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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