Are 'hot spots' hot spots?
(2012)
Journal Article
Foulger, G. (2012). Are 'hot spots' hot spots?. Journal of Geodynamics, 58, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2011.12.003
The term ‘hot spot’ emerged in the 1960s from speculations that Hawaii might have its origins in an unusually hot source region in the mantle. It subsequently became widely used to refer to volcanic regions considered to be anomalous in the then-new... Read More about Are 'hot spots' hot spots?.