Hawaiian hotspot

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The Hawaiian hotspot is a long-lived volcanic plume in the Earth's mantle that has created the Hawaiian Island chain and associated seamounts as the Pacific Plate moves over it.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hawaiian hotspot canonical 5
Hawaii hotspot 2
Hawaii hotspot volcanic system 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intraplate volcanic hotspot
mantle plume
ageEstimate at least 70 million years
over 80 million years
associatedWith Pacific Ring of Fire (indirectly via plate context)
associatedWithPlate Pacific Plate
causes Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Hawaiian–Emperor volcanic chain
intraplate volcanism in Hawaii
created Emperor Seamounts
Hawaii (island)
linked to: Hawaiʻi (island)

Hawaiian Ridge
Kahoolawe
linked to: Kahoʻolawe

Kauai
linked to: Kauaʻi

Lanai
linked to: Lānaʻi

Loihi Seamount
linked to: Lōʻihi Seamount

Maui
Meiji Seamount
Molokai
linked to: Molokaʻi

Niihau
Oahu
currentSurfaceExpression Kilauea
linked to: Kīlauea

Mauna Loa
depthOrigin deep mantle
possibly core–mantle boundary
discoveredBy J. Tuzo Wilson
eruptionStyle effusive eruptions
evidenceFrom Hawaiian–Emperor bend
age progression of volcanoes
geochemical signatures of lavas
futureSurfaceExpression Loihi Seamount
linked to: Lōʻihi Seamount
hasBendInChainAt about 43 million years ago
hotspotTrackLength over 6000 kilometers
hotspotType oceanic hotspot
locatedIn Earth's mantle
locatedInRegion central Pacific Ocean
locatedUnder Pacific Plate
motionRelativeToPlate nearly stationary
plateMotionOverHotspot northwestward motion of Pacific Plate
produces alkalic basalt
flood basalt lavas
shield volcanoes
tholeiitic basalt
studiedInField mantle dynamics
plate tectonics
volcanology
theoryProposedBy J. Tuzo Wilson
theoryProposedInYear 1963
volcanismType basaltic volcanism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mauna Loa overlies Hawaiian hotspot
subject linked to: Long Mountain
Detroit Seamount formedBy Hawaiian hotspot
Canary hotspot volcanic system relatedTo Hawaii hotspot
linked to: Hawaiian hotspot
Hualālai partOf Hawaii hotspot volcanic system
subject linked to: Hualālai volcano
linked to: Hawaiian hotspot
Hualālai overlies Hawaii hotspot
subject linked to: Hualālai volcano
linked to: Hawaiian hotspot
Old Faithful heatSource Yellowstone hotspot
subject linked to: Old Faithful geyser
linked to: Hawaiian hotspot
Mokuʻāweoweo tectonicSetting Hawaiian hotspot