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Relative motion of hot spots in the mantle

MOLNAR, PETER, ATWATER, TANYA·1973·Nature

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  • Melting spots have relative motions of a few tens of millimetres per year over the last 38 My, so they do not form a fixed frame.

    “Atwater & Molnar (1973) have demonstrated that relative motions between melting spots of a few tens of millimetres a year have occurred during the last 38 My.They therefore do not form a fixed frame.”

    From Speculations on the Thermal and Tectonic History of the Earth (2007) · cites this paper as Atwater & Molnar (1973)

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Authors
MOLNAR, P., & ATWATER, T.
Affiliations
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (US)
Venue
Nature
Published
1973-11
Volume
246
Issue
5431
Pages
288-291
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2004699373
Cited by
183
References
19
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
10.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Nature (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geology › Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › High-pressure geophysics and materials
Keywords
tectonic reconstruction, aseismic ridges, plate tectonics, hotspot volcanism

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