% of a certain body's heat loss, while the mushroom-like heads proposed in the Wilson-Morgan model may result in the creation of flood basalts.
% of a certain body's heat loss, while the mushroom-like heads proposed in the Wilson-Morgan model may result in the creation of flood basalts. The bend at the end of the Emperor Seamounts may be a result of their non-stationary nature. Thought to be responsible for forming the Hawaiian Islands, for 10 points, identify these hypothetical conduits perhaps behind the lifting continents, extending from a namesake layer of the earth, colloquially called "hot spots."
% of a certain body's heat loss, while the mushroom-like heads proposed in the Wilson-Morgan model may result in the creation of flood basalts.
{Mantle Plume}s [or {Asthenolith}s; prompt on {hot spot}s]