Tectonics III: Hot-spots and mantle plumes. Hotspot tracks: Global distribution Location of hot-spots and hot-spot tracks: Figures from Turcotte and Schubert.
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Tectonics III: Hot-spots and mantle plumes
Warm-up:
Santorini eruption ( Heiken and McCoy, JGR, 1984)
Divergent Boundaries Two plates moving AWAY from each other and forming a gap or RIFT. Mostly associated with OCEANIC crust [seafloor spreading = Mid-Atlantic.
