The "Big Bend" in the Hawaii-Emperor Seamount Chain Occurred at About

question 31

Multiple Choice

The "big bend" in the Hawaii-Emperor seamount chain occurred at about 45 million years ago.What is the most likely explanation for this change in the orientation of the hot spot track across the Pacific plate?

• A)From Cretaceous through 45 million years (Eocene), the Pacific seafloor used to move northwards as it subducted down a trench near the present Aleutians.Since then the Kurile-Kamchatka trench began subducting and the Pacific plate began moving NW instead.
• B)The hot spot abruptly changed its direction.It used to move straight south, and since 45 million years ago it has been moving SE through the upper mantle.
• C)They are two unrelated hot spot tracks that intersect.Originally there was an Emperor hot spot, then it died while the Hawaiian hot spot started up and moved in a new direction.
• D)The Devil put this line of volcanoes here to confuse us and subvert us from the true path.Everyone knows Earth isn't really that old.

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