Tests of fixity of the Indo-Atlantic hot spots relative to Pacific hot spots

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Koivisto, Emilia A., Andrews, David L., Gordon, Richard G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2014
• Subjects: hot spots; Pacific Ocean; plate motions; Pacific; Tristan; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/77151; https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JB010413

Rates of inter-hot spot motion have been debated for decades. Herein we present updated predictions for the tracks of the Tristan da Cunha, Réunion, and Iceland hot spots assuming them to be fixed relative to Pacific hot spots. Uncertainties in Pacific hot spot rotations, which include uncertainties...