Hot lava spills into the sea from under a hardened lava crust on the Big Island of Hawaii (file picture). Photograph by Patrick McFeeley, National Geographic800-Mile-Wide Hot Anomaly Found Under Seafloor Off Hawaii -- National Geographic
Findings contradict long-held theory that a plume directly fuels Hawaii.
Hawaii's traditional birth story—that the volcanic islands were, and are, fueled by a hot-rock plume running directly to Earth's scorching core—could be toast, a new study hints.
Scientists say they've found solid evidence of a giant mass of hot rock under the seafloor in the region. But it's not a plume running straight from the core to the surface—and it's hundreds of miles west of the nearest Hawaiian island.
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My Comment: So much for all of that schooling that I received on how the Hawaiian islands were formed.
