In what direction was the pacific plate moving while the emperor seamounts were forming?
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northwesterly
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
In what direction was the pacific plate moving while the emperor seamounts were forming?
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain Hawaii hotspot Galápagos hotspot Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes Koko Guyot Meiji Seamount Geology of the Pacific Ocean List of volcanoes in the Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain ... Musicians Seamounts Iceland hotspot
The oldest age for the <b>Emperor Seamounts</b> is 81 million years, and ... kink in the 
chain marks a shift in the <b>movement</b> of the <b>Pacific plate</b> some 47 ... to a more 
northwesterly <b>direction</b>, and the kink has <b>been</b> presented in ... If the hotspot <b>had</b> 
remained above a fixed mantle plume <b>during</b> the past 80&nbsp;... The Hawaii hotspot is a volcanic hotspot located near the namesake Hawaiian 
Islands, in the ... <b>While</b> most volcanoes <b>are</b> created by geological activity at 
tectonic plate ... serves to record the <b>direction</b> and speed of the <b>Pacific Plate</b>&#39;s 
<b>movement</b>. ... In the case of the <b>Emperor</b>-Hawaiian <b>seamount</b> chain, the <b>Pacific</b> 
<b>plate</b>&nbsp;... The <b>movement</b> of the plates over the hotspot is determined not solely by the 
spreading along the ridge <b>but</b> also by the relative motion between the <b>Pacific</b> 
<b>Plate</b> and&nbsp;... The fifteen volcanoes that make up the eight principal islands of Hawaii <b>are</b> the 
youngest in a chain of more than 129 volcanoes that stretch 5,800 kilometres (
3,600 mi) across the North <b>Pacific Ocean</b>, called the Hawaiian-<b>Emperor</b> 
<b>seamount</b> ... As the <b>Pacific Plate moves</b> in a west-northwest <b>direction</b>, each 
volcano <b>moves</b>&nbsp;... That would put the <b>seamount</b> at 21.7° N in latitude <b>during</b> its early history, before 
the <b>Pacific Plate moved</b> it to its current position relative to Earth. Ancient ecology[
&nbsp;... Meiji Seamount, named after Emperor Meiji, the 122nd Emperor of Japan, is the 
oldest ... Like the rest of the <b>Emperor seamounts</b>, it was <b>formed</b> by the Hawaii 
hotspot volcanism, grew to become ... sea level, all <b>while</b> being carried first north 
and now northwest by the motion of the <b>Pacific Plate</b>. ... At least five flows <b>were</b> 
found. The <b>Pacific Ocean</b> evolved in the Mesozoic from the Panthalassic Ocean, which 
<b>had formed when</b> Rodinia ... The <b>Pacific Plate moves</b> generally towards the 
northwest at between 7 and 11 cm/yr <b>while</b> the Juan De Fuca Plate ... These 
include the Hawaiian–<b>Emperor seamount</b> chain, the Tasmantid Seamount Chain, 
the Lord&nbsp;... The Hawaiian–<b>Emperor seamount</b> chain is a series of volcanoes and seamounts 
extending about 6,200 km across the <b>Pacific Ocean</b>. The chain has <b>been</b> 
produced by the <b>movement</b> of the ocean crust over the ... change in the <b>direction</b> 
of plate motion, <b>but</b> research conducted in 2003 suggests that it was the 
<b>movement</b> of&nbsp;... ... ﻿30°N 162°W﻿ / 30; -162 Musicians Seamounts <b>are</b> a chain of seamounts in the 
<b>Pacific Ocean</b> ... The seamounts <b>were</b> constructed on young oceanic crust <b>during</b> 
the Cretaceous, <b>but</b> a ... The seamounts consist of two separate chains (one 
trending in north-south <b>direction</b> parallel to the <b>Emperor Seamounts</b> and the other 
in&nbsp;... The Iceland hotspot is a hotspot which is partly responsible for the high volcanic 
activity which has <b>formed</b> the Iceland Plateau and the island ... <b>While</b> the 
Hawaiian island chain and the <b>Emperor Seamounts</b> show a clear time-
progressive volcanic track caused by the <b>movement</b> of the <b>Pacific Plate</b> over the 
Hawaiian hotspot,&nbsp;...
northwesterly direction
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain