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 (6)

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 (19)

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 ⓘ
Big Island of Hawaiʻi → volcanicOrigin → Hawaii hotspot ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian hotspot
Kupaianaha vent → tectonicSetting → Hawaiian hotspot ⓘ
Portlock Cone → volcanicArcOrBelt → Hawaiian hotspot ⓘ
Kohala volcano → formedBy → Hawaiian hotspot ⓘ
Hualālai summit → geologicalSetting → Hawaiian hotspot ⓘ
Midway Seamount → belongsTo → Hawaiian hotspot track ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian hotspot
Daikakuji Seamount → formedBy → Hawaiian hotspot ⓘ
East Molokaʻi Volcano → isPartOf → Hawaiian hotspot volcanic system ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian hotspot
Mauna Ulu eruption → tectonicSetting → Hawaiian hotspot ⓘ