New Technology Allows Geophysicist To Test Theory About Formation of Hawaii (w/ Podcast)
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 14:49
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've ever been to Hawaii, you probably spent your time enjoying the scenery of the beautiful islands, rather than wondering how they got to be there in the first place. But that's just what scientists have been trying to figure out for nearly 40 years, since a theory about their formation was first proposed that suggests volcanic hotspots like Hawaii are the result of plumes of hot rock, which rise from deep down in the Earth's mantle.