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U.s. Geological Survey: Hotspots: Mantle Thermal Plumes

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Learn more about the hot spot theory developed in 1963 by the Canadian geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson. Diagrams help you visualize the way hot spots formed geologic structures such as the Hawaiian Islands.

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