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Dec 23, 2019 · Reunion Hotspot. The Reunion hotspot is a volcanic hotspot which currently lies under the Island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean. The hotspot is believed to have been active for over 66 million years.
The Réunion hotspot is a volcanic hotspot which currently lies under the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. The Chagos-Laccadive Ridge and the southern part of the Mascarene Plateau are volcanic traces of the Réunion hotspot. The hotspot is believed to have been active for over 65 million years.
Aug 7, 2019 · The hypothesis that Réunion is an intraplate hotspot possibly fed by a hot, buoyant upwelling rooted deep in the mantle was already put forward by Jason Morgan (1971, 1972) in his famous papers outlining the classical mantle plume hypothesis.
Jul 6, 2011 · The Réunion hotspot is an archetypal deep mantle plume with a plume head that arrived at the Earth’s surface around 67 Myr ago, erupting the flood basalts that formed the Deccan traps, and...
Apr 1, 2009 · Reunion hotspot is often viewed as a typical intraplate hotspot, which can be traced back along the southern Mascarene Plateau and the Chagos - Laccadive Ridge to the Deccan flood basalt,...
Apr 23, 2018 · Our inference is supported by volcanic age distributions along the Reunion hotspot track, the anomalously high residual bathymetry of the Central Indian Ridge, full-waveform seismic tomography...
Mar 29, 2001 · The origin of the island is commonly attributed to a hot spot. According to certain scientists, this hot spot first created the Deccan Traps, a large basalt province in India, about 65 million years ago and may have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
The hotspot now producing magma beneath the volcanic island of Reunion burst into activity with massive volumes of rapidly erupted flood basalts over much of western India at the time of the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary (66 Ma).
Nov 4, 2019 · Füri, E. et al. Helium isotope variations between Réunion Island and the Central Indian Ridge (17°–21° S): new evidence for ridge-hot spot interaction. J. Geophys.
The Réunion Hotspot and Upper Mantle– Réunions Unterer Mantel ( RHUM- RUM) project aims to seismologically image the crust and mantle under the island at all depths.
