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About Oracle s Java virtual machine Hotspot disambiguation Hotspot Infobox software name HotSpot logo ... General Public License website http openjdk.java.net groups hotspot Sun s OpenJDK Hotspot page HotSpot ... to improve performance. History HotSpot, first released April 27, 1999, was originally developed by Longview ... mi m0CGN is n3348 ai 20359903 pg 1 title Sun s Gosling Previews Hotspot Java Virtual Machine publisher ... 1.2, HotSpot became the default Sun JVM in Java 1.3. ref cite web url http www.sun.com smi Press ... methods, using a configurable invocation count threshold to decide which methods to compile. The HotSpot Java virtual machine is written in C . As stated in HotSpot web page, the source contains approximately 250,000 lines of code. ref cite web url http openjdk.java.net groups hotspot title The HotSpot ... almost 250,000 lines of code date 2007 accessdate 2007 10 03 ref Hotspot provides A Java Classloader ... garbage collectors , A set of supporting runtime libraries. The version of HotSpot for Microsoft Windows ... accessdate 17 August 2011 ref JVM flags HotSpot supports many command line argument s for options ... machine , others are specific to HotSpot and may not be found in other JVMs options that begin with X or XX are non standard . ref cite web url http java.sun.com javase technologies hotspot vmoptions.jsp title Java HotSpot VM Options publisher Sun Microsystems accessdate 2009 02 08 ref ref cite ... blog.headius.com 2009 01 my favorite hotspot jvm flags.html title My Favorite Hotspot JVM Flags date ... version 2 see http openjdk.java.net groups hotspot Sun s OpenJDK Hotspot page . This is the code ... Java Development Kit JDK , HotSpot is supported by Oracle Corporation on Microsoft Windows , Linux ... x86, PowerPC, and SPARC Solaris only . Porting HotSpot is difficult because the code, while ... 2008 01 26 ref To remedy this, the IcedTea project has developed a generic port of the HotSpot Interpreter computing interpreter called zero assembler Hotspot or zero , with almost no assembly ... more details
wiktionarypar ascension The term Ascension may refer to Ascension mystical , the belief in some religions ... Ascension, moving upwards in climbing and mountaineering Ascension of Jesus , the bodily ascension of Jesus into heaven Feast of the Ascension , an annual feast commemorating Jesus ascension a public holiday in several countries The ascension of Muhammad known as Isra and Mi raj Ascension to heaven ... New Age teachings the spiritual transformation of the Earth Right ascension , in astronomy, a term used to describe positions in the sky In geography Ascension Island , an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean Ascension Parish, Louisiana Ascension, Prince Edward Island , Canada In fiction Ascension Stargate Ascension , in the Stargate universe, a process to become a noncorporeal entity on a higher plane of existence Ascension Stargate SG 1 Ascension Stargate SG 1 , a Stargate SG 1 episode Ascension The X Files Ascension The X Files , an episode from season 2 of The X Files Ascension comics Ascension comics , a comic book series created by David Finch and published by Top Cow Productions Ascension ... Ascension , the final episode in the first season of Batman Beyond Ascension , a novel by Max Overton. In literature The Ascension , another title for the Old English poem Christ II In art Ascension sculpture , a sculpture by Lucien Wercollier In games Mage The Ascension , a role playing game Ultima IX Ascension , the final part of the computer role playing game series Ultima Ascension card game Ascension Chronicle of the Godslayer , a deck building card game NetHack , completing the dungeon crawling roguelike. Call Of Duty Black Ops , a zombie map Ascension in the First Strike map pack. In music albums Ascension Jesu album Ascension Jesu album Ascension John Coltrane album Ascension John Coltrane album Ascension Misia album Ascension Misia album Ascension Pep Love album Ascension Pep Love album Ascension Hed PE album Ascension Hed PE album The Ascension Glenn Branca album The Ascension ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2009 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name This Ascension image caption image size background group or band alias origin Santa Barbara, California genre gothic rock gothic ethereal wave ethereal years active 1988 2001, 2004 label Tess Records br Projekt Records associated acts website http www.thisascension.com www.thisascension.com current members Dru Vocals br Kevin Serra Guitar br Tim Tuttle Keyboards br Matt Ballesteros Drums and Percussion br Charlie Dennis Bass br Paul Sutherland Percussion past members Terry Holgate Founding Member Bass br Cynthia Coulter Bass notable instruments This Ascension is a gothic rock gothic ethereal wave ethereal band from Southern California that formed in 1988. They have released four albums on their own label Tess Records from 1989 to 1999 to major acclaim and growing popularity. This Ascension toured the United States three times and the west coast prolifically, sharing the stage with bands including Clan of Xymox , The Jesus and Mary Chain , Chris Isaak , The Wolfgang Press and Pixies . After Tess Records collapsed, the band signed to Projekt Records in 2001. Their back catalogue was re released and the band split soon afterwards. The group re formed with bassist Cindy Coulter for several shows in 2004 and announced plans to write and record new material in 2011. Vocalist Dru has gone on to sing for the neo classical project Mirabilis band Mirabilis as well as ethereal electronic act Falling You . Former Bassist Charlie re joined his former band Nerf Herder and guitarist Kevin Serra runs the music review site Kevchino . Serra records music for a singles project with guest vocalists .... This Ascension s cover of the song Carol Of The Bells was featured on ABC TV show Brothers and Sisters ... CD Tess Records 1989 Light and Shade This Ascension Light and Shade CD Tess Records 1991 Walk Softly ... www.thisascension.com Cyberia This Ascension homepage http www.dejadru.com Dru s homepage http www.projekt.com ... more details
Magmatic Province c. 200 Ma Ascension Island Ascensionhotspot Coord 7.9 14.3 format dms type landmark name Ascensionhotspot ref name MorganMorgan North American Plate Bermuda hotspot Coord ...About the geologic term other uses Hotspot disambiguation File Hotspot geology 1.svg thumb 170px Diagram ... ref This hypothesis considers the term hotspot to be a misnomer, asserting that the mantle source ... tens to exist. Hawaii hotspot Hawaii , R union hotspot R union , Yellowstone hotspot Yellowstone , Gal pagos hotspot Gal pagos , and Iceland hotspot Iceland are some of the most currently active volcanic regions to which the hypothesis is applied. Most hotspot volcanoes are basaltic e.g., Hawaiian ... 12214.PDF format PDF accessdate 2008 06 15 Dead link date August 2010 ref The hotspot hypothesis is now closely linked to the mantle plume hypothesis. Comparison with island arc volcanoes Hotspot volcanoes ... a chain of volcanoes, such as the Aleutian Islands , near Alaska . Hotspot volcanic chains File HotspotTrails.JPG right thumb 300px Prominent hotspot trails on a bathymetry bathymetric map ... has moved over the Hawaii hotspot , creating Emperor Seamounts a trail of underwater mountains that stretch across the Pacific The joint mantle plume hotspot hypothesis envisages the feeder structures ... and more deeply eroded to the northwest. Geologists have tried to use hotspot volcanic chains to track ... 2011 01 07 ref Postulated hotspot volcano chains File CourtHotspots.png thumb right An example of mantle ... Figure from Foulger 2010 . ref name Foulger Hawaiian Emperor seamount chain Hawaii hotspot Louisville seamount chain Louisville hotspot Walvis Ridge Gough and Tristan hotspot Kodiak Bowie Seamount chain Bowie hotspot Cobb Eickelberg Seamount chain Cobb hotspot New England Seamount chain New England hotspot Anahim Volcanic Belt Anahim hotspot Mackenzie dike swarm Mackenzie hotspot Great Meteor hotspot track New England hotspot Saint Helena Seamount chain St. Helena Seamount Chain Cameroon Volcanic ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 450px The Society hotspot is marked 38 on the map. The Society hotspot is a hotspot geology volcanic hotspot located in the Pacific Ocean , and is responsible for the creation of the Society Islands . DEFAULTSORT Society Hotspot Category Volcanology Volcanology stub marine geo stub ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg thumb right 350px The Azores hotspot is marked 1 on map. The Azores hotspot is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot located at the Azores in the northern Atlantic Ocean . It has interactions with the Mid Atlantic Ridge which lies just west of the hotspot. References http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 2003AGUFM.T41C0226S Azores Hotspot Deep Signature http seismolab.gso.uri.edu pub Yang.T.EPSL.2006.pdf Upper mantle structure beneath the Azores hotspot from finite frequency seismic tomography coord missing Portugal Category Regional geology Category Hotspots of the Atlantic Ocean Category Geography of the Azores Category Geology of the Azores Volcanology stub Azores geo stub ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 450px The Marquesas hotspot is marked 26 on map. The Marquesas hotspot is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot in the central Pacific Ocean . It is responsible for the Marquesas Islands , a group of 12 volcanic islands and one of the five archipelagos of French Polynesia . ref http botany.si.edu pacificislandbiodiversity marquesasflora overview.htm Flora of the Marquesas Islands ref References reflist coord missing France Category Hotspots of the Pacific Ocean Category Regional geology Volcanology stub FrenchPolynesia geo stub ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 450px The Easter hotspot is marked 7 on map. The Easter hotspot is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean . The hotspot created the Sala y G mez Ridge which includes Easter Island and the Pukao Seamount Pukao Seamount which is at the ridge s young western edge. The hotspot may also be responsible for the formation of the Tuamotu Archipelago , Line Islands , and the chain of seamounts lying in between. ref Cite journal author W. J. Morgan title Convection Plumes in the Lower Mantle url http www.mantleplumes.org Morgan1971.html journal Nature volume 230 year 1971 doi 10.1038 230042a0 issue 5288 pages 42 ref Opponents of the hotspot theory instead attribute Easter hotspot to the middle part of the Easter Fracture Zone . Fact date June 2009 See also Easter Island Geology Moai seamount Pukao Seamount Sala y G mez References reflist External links cite journal last Haase first Karsten M. coauthors Peter Stoffers and C. Dieter Garbe Sch nberg date October 1997 title The Petrogenetic Evolution of Lavas from Easter Island and Neighbouring Seamounts, Near ridge Hotspot Volcanoes in the SE Pacific journal Journal of Petrology volume 38 issue 6 pages 785 813 doi 10.1093 petrology 38.6.785 Geology of Chile DEFAULTSORT Easter Hotspot Category Regional geology Category Volcanism of Chile Category Hotspots of the Pacific Ocean Volcanology stub ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 450px The Pitcairn hotspot is marked 31 on map. The Pitcairn hotspot is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot located in the south central Pacific Ocean . It is responsible for creating the Pitcairn Islands and two large seamount s called Adams Seamount Adams and Bounty Seamount Bounty . ref http www.volcano.si.edu world volcano.cfm?vnum 1303 05 Global Volcanism Program Adams Seamount ref Opponents of the hotspots theory instead attribute Pitcairn hotspot to the western end of the Easter Fracture Zone . Fact date June 2009 References reflist http www.oceandots.com pacific pitcairn Formation of Pitcairn Islands Category Hotspots of the Pacific Ocean Category Geology of Oceania Category Geography of the Pitcairn Islands Volcanology stub marine geo stub pitcairn geo stub ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 450px The Trindale hotspot is marked 41 on map. The Trindade hotspot is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot off the eastern coast of Brazil in the southern Atlantic Ocean . It is responsible for the creation of the east west trending Vit ria Trindade seamount chain, which includes the Trindade and Martim Vaz archipelago at its easternmost end. Trindade, a small island in the archipelago, is the hotspot s most recent eruptive center. The most recent eruption created a Convert 200 m ft abbr on high cinder cone and lava flows on the southeastern portion of the island during the Holocene period. ref cite gvp vnum 1805 051 title Trindade accessdate 2010 04 21 ref References reflist coord missing Brazil Category Hotspots of the Atlantic Ocean Category Geology of Brazil Volcanology stub Brazil geo stub ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 450px The Meteor hotspot is marked 27 on map. The Meteor hotspot is a proposed volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot located at or near the Meteor Rise in the southern Atlantic Ocean . ref cite journal title Southern Ocean hotspot tracks and the Cenozoic absolute motion of the African, Antarctic, and South American plates last1 Hartnady first1 C.J.H last2 Roex first2 A.P. le publisher Earth and Planetary Science Letters year 1985 pages 245 257 ref References reflist Category Hotspots of the Atlantic Ocean Volcanology stub ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 350px The Kerguelen hotspot is marked 20 on map. The Kerguelen hotspot is a volcanic hotspot geology hotspot at the Kerguelen Plateau in the Southern Indian Ocean . ref Name Gupta&Desa cite book title The Indian Ocean a perspective, Volume 2 last Gupta & Desa first authorlink coauthors Rabin Sen Gupta, Ehrlich Desa year 2001 publisher Taylor & Francis location isbn 9058092240 page 743 url http books.google.com books?id S3i4uFXR MYC&pg PA747&dq Kerguelen hotspot&hl en&ei UUf5TKfrJMT lge oPT Bg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CCcQ6AEwAA v onepage&q Kerguelen&f false ref The Kerguelen hotspot has produced basalt ic lava for about 130 million years and has also produced the Kerguelen Islands , Heard Island , the McDonald Islands , and the Ninetyeast Ridge . References reflist Coord missing France DEFAULTSORT Kerguelen Hotspot Category Regional geology Category Hotspots of the Indian Ocean Volcanology stub FrenchSouthernTerritories geo stub fr Point chaud des Kerguelen ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 450px The Macdonald hotspot is the Pacific Ocean, marked 24 on this map. The Macdonald hotspot is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot in the southern Pacific Ocean . The hotspot was responsible for the formation of the Macdonald Seamount, and possibly the Austral Islands Austral Cook Islands chain. ref Cite journal author W. J. Morgan title Convection Plumes in the Lower Mantle doi 10.1038 230042a0 url http www.mantleplumes.org Morgan1971.html journal Nature volume 230 year 1971 issue 5288 pages 42 ref It is named after Gordon Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor Gordon Macdonald . ref name SI cite book title Plate velocities in hotspot reference frame electronic supplement date publisher pages 111 url http www.mantleplumes.org P 5E4 P 5E4Chapters MorganP4ElectronicSupp1.pdf accessdate 2010 04 23 author W. Jason Morgan and Jason Phipps Morgan ref References reflist Category Hotspots of the Pacific Ocean Category Regional geology marine geo stub Volcanology stub ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 350px The Eifel hotspot is marked 8 on map. The Eifel hotspot is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot which is responsible for the volcanic activity which forms the volcano es in Western Germany of northwestern Europe . It is thought to have formed the Eifel volcanic field . ref http www.springerlink.com content r2pg83qu7qn05510 SpringerLink Seismic Anisotroppy in the Asthenosphere Beneath the Eifel Region, Western Germany ref References reflist Volcanology stub Germany geo stub coord missing Germany Category Hotspots Category Regional geology Category Geology of Germany de Vulkaneifel ... more details
The Matachewan hotspot was a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot responsible for the creation of the large 2,500 to 2,450 million year old Matachewan dike swarm , as well as continental rift ing of the Superior craton Superior and Hearne craton Hearne craton s during the Paleoproterozoic period. See also Portal Volcanism of Canada Volcanism of Canada Volcanism of Eastern Canada Mackenzie hotspot Great Lakes Tectonic Zone References http www.mantleplumes.org WebDocuments Bleeker 20& 20Ernst 20IDC5 20paper.pdf Short lived mantle generated magmatic events and their dyke swarms The key unlocking Earth s paleogeographic record back to 2.6 Ga coord missing Ontario Category Volcanism of Ontario Category Hotspots of North America Category Paleoproterozoic volcanism Ontario geo stub Volcanology stub ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 450px The Canary hotspot is marked 18 on map The Canary hotspot , also called the Canarian hotspot , is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot believed to be located at the Canary Islands off the north western coast of Africa , although alternative theories to explain the volcanism there exist. ref http www.aepect.org hemeroteca Canarias01 ing.pdf The Origin of the Canary Islands A chonology of ideas and related concepts from the Antiquity to the end of 20th century. ref The Canary hotspot is believed to be underlain by a mantle plume that is relatively deep. It is believed to have first appeared about 60 million years ago. ref http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 1991JGR....9612039H Effects of Canary hotspot volcanism on structure of oceanic crust off Morocco Retrieved on 2007 10 13 ref Recent activity From July to September 2011, the Canarian island of El Hierro experienced thousands of small earthquake tremor s, believed to be the result of magma movements beneath the island. This resulted in fears of an imminent volcanic eruption, which began October 10th, 2011, approximately 1km south of the island in a fissure on the floor of the ocean and is continuing with the possibility that a new island will form or an existing island become larger. ref http www.bbc.co.uk news magazine 15917740 Canary Island volcano A new island in the making? ref See also Surtsey References Reflist Category Hotspots of the Atlantic Ocean Category Regional geology Category Volcanism of the Canary Islands volcanology stub ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 450px The Balleny hotspot is marked 2 on map. The Balleny hotspot is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot located in the Southern Ocean . The hotspot created the Balleny Islands , which forms a chain that extends for about Convert 160 km mi abbr on in a northwest southeast direction. ref cite journal last1 Lanyon first1 Ruth coauthors Ruth Lanyon, Rick Varne and Anthony J. Crawford University of Tasmania date June 1993 title Tasmanian Tertiary basalts, the Balleny plume, and opening of the Tasman Sea southwest Pacific Ocean journal Geology publisher Geological Society of America volume 21 issue 6 pages 555 558 url http geology.geoscienceworld.org cgi content abstract 21 6 555 accessdate 2009 12 12 doi 10.1130 0091 7613 1993 021 0555 TTBTBP 2.3.CO 2 ref References reflist Category Hotspots of the Southern Ocean Category Regional geology Category Geography of the Balleny Islands volcanology stub marine geo stub ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 350px The Cobb hotspot is shown as 5 on map. The Cobb hotspot is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot located off the Oregon Washington U.S. state Washington coast of the United States . The hotspot is at the Juan de Fuca Ridge , and has made the Cobb Eickelberg Seamount chain . The Axial Seamount is the hotspot s most recent eruptive center, which last erupted in 1998. ref cite web url http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 2001AGUFM.T31D..02C title Geochemical and Tectonic Effects of the Interaction of the Cobb Hotspot and the Juan de Fuca Ridge author J. Chadwick coauthors M. Perfit, B. Embley, I. Ridley, I. Jonasson, S. Merle work American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract T31D 02 date December 2001 accessdate 2008 11 19 ref The central ridge is thicker than the surrounding crust by one to two km and may be accumulated buildup from the hotspot, which is essentially an underwater volcano with a root twenty to forty kilometers in diameter reaching a depth of convert 11 km beneath the volcano. The magma flows at rate of 0.3 to 0.8 cubic meters per second m s . The caldera is convert 1450 m ft below sea level. ref cite web url http www.ldeo.columbia.edu users menke COBB cobb jdf.pdf title Focused magma supply at the intersection of the Cobb hotspot and Juan de Fuca ridge author Michael West coauthors William Menke, Maya Tolstoy date February 2003 accessdate 2008 11 19 ref ref http kiska.giseis.alaska.edu input west presentations agu2001 presentation.pdf reF See also Geology of the Pacific Northwest Cobb Seamount Axial Seamount References reflist coord 46.0 130.0 region XZ dim 40km display title Category Hotspots of the Pacific Ocean Category Regional geology Category Geology of Oregon Category Geology of Washington state Volcanology stub Oregon geo stub Washington geo stub ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 200px The Samoa hotspot is marked 35 on map. File Hotspot geology 1.svg right thumb 200px Diagram showing how islands are formed by Hotspot geology hotspots The Samoa hotspot is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot located in the south Pacific Ocean . In geology the Hotspot model describes a hot upwelling plume of molten magma through the Earth s crust as an explanation of how volcanic islands are formed. The hotspot idea came from J. Tuzo Wilson in 1963 based on the Hawai i volcanic island chain. In theory, the Samoa hotspot is based on the Pacific Plate Pacific Tectonic Plate traveling over a fixed hotspot located deep underneath the Samoa islands. ref name sch cite web url http serc.carleton.edu sp erese samoan hotspot.html work Enduring Resources Earth Science Education title Hotspot Lesson Samoan Hotspot first Jamie A. last Russell date accessdate 2 December 2009 ref The Samoa hotspot includes the Samoan Islands American Samoa and Samoa , and extends to the islands of Uvea or Wallis Island Wallis and Futuna and Niulakita Tuvalu . ref http oceandots.com pacific bankx Samoan Hotspot Trail ref As the Pacific Plate moves slowly over the hotspot ... direction of the tectonic plate drifting over the hotspot. ref cite web url http www.nps.gov archive ... of a classic hotspot, like the Hawaii hotspot , results in islands located further from the hotspot being progressively older with newer and younger islands closest to the fixed hotspot, like the Loihi ... LXz8q59NkpAJ dusk.geo.orst.edu djl samoa vailuluu.pdf Samoa hotspot anomaly&cd 10&hl en&ct clnk&gl ... last et al date 8 December 2000 issn 1525 2027 accessdate 2 December 2009 ref However, the Samoa hotspot ... possible model for hotspots ref name hart as an alternative to the Hawai i hotspot model ... island chains. It must be stated that the hotspot is special in many ways. The northern ... in hotspot reference frame electronic supplement date publisher pages 111 url http www.mantleplumes.org ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 450px The Louisville hotspot is the southernmost one in the Pacific Ocean, marked 23 on this map. The Louisville hotspot is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot responsible for the volcanic activity that has formed the Louisville seamount chain in the southern Pacific Ocean . Location The Louisville hotspot is believed to lie close to the Pacific Antarctic Ridge , although its exact location is, however, uncertain. ref name SI http books.google.ca books?id JaV8V8mufhoC&pg PA19&dq louisville hotspot&source web&ots OejnIPTfR3&sig exdlrl5aubsWjieD21IrQYw06a8&hl en Mantle plumes and their record in earth history ref Geological history The Louisville hotspot has produced the Louisville seamount chain , which is one of the longest seamount chains on Earth, stretching some convert 4300 km mi 0 abbr on ref name Vanderkluysen Vanderkluysen, L. Mahoney, J. J. Koppers, A. A. and Lonsdale, P. F. 2007 . http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 2007AGUFM.V42B..06V Geochemical Evolution of the Louisville Seamount Chain , American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract V42B 06. ref from the Pacific Antarctic Ridge where it subducts under the Indo Australian Plate as part of the Pacific Plate . The Louisville hotspot is believed to have been active for at least 80 million years based on age of the Louisville seamount chain, which is comparable to that of the Hawaiian Emperor seamount chain , although the rate of volcanism at the two chains are relatively different ... SI During the Early Oligocene period, the Louisville hotspot s magma source rate was much steadier than the Hawaii hotspot rate, and had a lower total volume in eruption. During the Late Oligocene, the magma ... hotspot, the Louisville hotspot is believed to have decreased in activity with time. ref name SI The Louisville hotspot may have created the Ontong Java Plateau , the world s largest oceanic plateau , around 120 million years ago. The modelled locations of the plateau and hotspot at the time do not coincide ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 A screen hotspot , in computing , provides a special area on the display screen of a computer for hyperlink ing or for other GUI based activity such as URL redirection re direction , pop up display, Macro computer science macro execution, etc . Hotspots may not look visually distinct however a mouseover operation will often reveal them by changing the shape of the Pointer computing WIMP pointer icon . See also image map . DEFAULTSORT Screen Hotspot Category Hypertext Computer stub ... more details
Image Hotspots.jpg right thumb 350px The Bowie hotspot is marked 3 on map. File Kodiak Bowie Seamounts.jpg thumb right 350px Over millions of years, the Pacific Plate has moved over the Bowie hotspot, creating the Kodiak Bowie Seamount chain in the Gulf of Alaska The Bowie hotspot is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot , located convert 180 km mi west of the Queen Charlotte Islands in the Pacific Ocean . Almost all magma created by the hotspot has the composition of basalt , and so the volcanoes are constructed almost entirely of this igneous rock . The eruptions from the Bowie hotspot are effusive eruption s because basaltic magma is relatively fluid compared with magmas typically involved in more explosive eruption s, such as the andesite andesitic magmas that produce some of the spectacular and dangerous eruptions around the margins of the Pacific Ocean . Bowie hotspot is believed to be perhaps convert 100 to 150 km mi 1 abbr on wide and underlain by a mantle plume that is relatively deep. It is also considerably weak. ref cite journal last Nataf first Henri Claude year 2000 title Seismic Imaging of Mantle Plumes journal Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences volume 28 issue 1 pages 391 417 doi 10.1146 annurev.earth.28.1.391 ref Eruptions from the Bowie hotspot have left a trail of underwater mountains across the Pacific, called the Kodiak Bowie Seamount chain , ref cite web url http www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov explorations 04alaska background volcanic volcanic.html title NOAA Ocean Explorer Gulf of Alaska 2004 accessdate 2007 09 02 ref which is an underwater mountain region of seamount s along a line beneath the northern Pacific Ocean. The oldest volcano in the chain is Kodiak Seamount with an estimated age of 24 million years and the youngest called Bowie Seamount . Geological studies show that the base of Bowie Seamount formed less than a million years ... Geology of the Pacific Northwest Cobb hotspot References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Bowie Hotspot Category ... more details
File Mount Erebus in 2009.JPG thumb right An aerial image of Mount Erebus in 2009 The Erebus hotspot is a volcano volcanic hotspot geology hotspot responsible for the high volcanic activity on Ross Island in the western Ross Sea of Antarctica . Its current eruptive zone, Mount Erebus , has erupted continuously since its discovery in 1841. ref name SI http www.mantleplumes.org P 5E4 P 5E4Chapters MorganP4ElectronicSupp1.pdf Plate velocities in hotspot reference frame electronic supplement ref Magma s erupted from the Erebus hotspot are similar to those erupted from hotspots at the active East African Rift in eastern Africa . ref name SI Mount Bird at the northernmost end of Ross Island and Mount Terror Antarctica Mount Terror at its eastern end are large basalt ic shield volcano es that have been K Ar dating potassium argon dated to be 3.8&ndash 4.8 and 0.8&ndash 1.8 million years old. ref name SI The Erebus hotspot has been interpreted to be the cause of spreading at the Terror Rift . ref name SI Its mantle plume , estimated to be Convert 250 to 300 km mi abbr on in diameter, extends Convert 200 km mi abbr on below the surface where it changes into a narrow column that further extends Convert 400 km mi abbr on below the surface. ref name CV http www.sciencedirect.com science? ob ArticleURL& udi B7XNB 4VG7MWJ 2& user 10& coverDate 08 2F31 2F2009& rdoc 1& fmt high& orig search& sort d& docanchor &view c& searchStrId 1307473137& rerunOrigin google& acct C000050221& version 1& urlVersion 0& userid 10&md5 f5f13675704a7c48608ae7e0bceb4aca Seismic imaging of the upper mantle under the Erebus hotspot in Antarctica ref References reflist Category Hotspots of the Southern Ocean Category Geology of Antarctica Category Ross Island Volcanology stub regional geology stub RossIsland geo stub ... more details
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