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Nature 391, 739-740 (19 February 1998) | doi:10.1038/35736
Fixed hotspots gone with the wind
Ulrich Christensen1
Island chains such as Hawaii are produced by hotspots — points of volcanic activity driven by plumes of hot rock. New analyses reveal that hotspots are much more mobile than had been thought.
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