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Although not all hot spots are fixed with respect to one another, the members of small groups of them seem to be fixed internally.
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BURKE, K., KIDD, W. & WILSON, J. Relative and Latitudinal Motion of Atlantic Hot Spots. Nature 245, 133–137 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/245133a0
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