Observational Test of the Global Moving Hot Spot Reference Frame

Abstract The Global Moving Hotspot Reference Frame (GMHRF) has been claimed to fit hot spot tracks better than the fixed hot spot approximation mainly because the GMHRF predicts ≈1,000 km southward motion through the mantle of the Hawaiian mantle plume over the past 80 Ma. As the GMHRF is determined...

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Published in:Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors: Chengzu Wang, Richard G. Gordon, Tuo Zhang, Lin Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083663