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A theoretical geodynamic model showing a narrow hotspot “root”.

A theoretical geodynamic model showing a narrow hotspot “root”.
A theoretical geodynamic model showing a narrow hotspot “root”.
A theoretical geodynamic model showing a narrow hotspot “root”.
A theoretical geodynamic model showing a narrow hotspot “root”.
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Lin, Jian
A theoretical geodynamic model showing a narrow hotspot “root”.
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01/01/1998
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Date is approximate.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 41, No. 2, Pg. 36:
A theoretical geodynamic model shows that a narrow hotspot “root,” such as the one recently discovered beneath Iceland, would generate a vigorous source of heat (light colors) and produce a huge volume of magma that would migrate laterally along and across the ridge axes hundreds of kilometers away from the hotspot source.
Courtesy of Jian Lin
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